HISTORIC BUCKDEN
And Local Area
PARISH HISTORY
See the Buckden Parish Council Website for a brief history of Buckden
BUCKDEN A HUNTINGDONSHIRE VILLAGE
Copies are still available at £15 each from the Secretary
WALK HISTORIC BUCKDEN
Historic buildings and Sites around the Village
CAPT JOHN LESLIE GREEN VC
Born in Buckden 1888
BUCKDEN HIGH STREET
From Tudor days
THE TOWERS
ST NEOTS & BUCKDEN WORKHOUSE
BRIDGE HOUSE
GREAT PAXTON CHURCH
GRAFHAM MEDIEVAL MOATED COMPOUND
PHOTO COLLECTION
Originally Compiled by Robin Gibson
VOLUME 1
VOLUME 2
VOLUME 3
VOLUME 4
RECOLLECTIONS
With Thanks to Angie Bruce, Celia Sharpley and Dave Gent
HINSBY'S CORNER
Angie remembers Mr and Mrs Hinsby who owned the sweet shop on the corner of Silver Street and Church Street
FLO COOMBER
Angie remembers Flo Coomber who ran a grocery shop on the Village Green in the 1950s
PIPE’S SHOP, CHURCH STREET, BUCKDEN
(1945 to 1996)
Angie remembers the Pipe's grocery shop in Church Street and how beautiful it looked at Christmas time.
Left, Inside the Pipe's Shop, Christmas 1995
OLD MAN VIOLET
Angie remembers an old character from Buckden in the 1950s and 60s, Violet Livett.
IVELBURY HOUSE
Cecilia Sharpley (nee Ashton) lived in Ivelbury House, Buckden in the early 1950s. She moved with her family to Australia but remembers her time there with affection
GEORGE ARTHUR SMITH
Dave Gent shares memories of his wife's great grandfather, George Arthur Smith, Buckden's postman during the late 1890s and early 1900s.
