This page displays some pictures of the village, some old and some new. To see each
picture full size, simply click one of the images below. The file size of each is displayed
to give you an idea of how long it will take to download.
More pictures: In January 2003, the village was flooded from the ford to all around the War Memorial. Also, Hayward
Bridge approach was under water (our car sucked water into its engine there) and the road to Berinsfield was flooded due to a problem with
the storm drain at the first corner out of the village, Fortunately only about 4 houses were actually flooded inside. We measured the
maximum height of the river on the 'yardstick' at the ford as 49.70 (metres above sea level) on 01Jan2003, nearly 2½ metres above the usual summer
minimum of about 47.40: the river remained over 49m until the end of January. This was the worst flooding since 1988 when the water also
lapped 50m. The worst flooding in living memory was in 1947, the level used in the Environment Agency flood map (see the Environment Agency web site.). The Little Barn Cottage
website has posted some pictures of the 2003 floods on their site which you can see at:
www.little-barn-cottage.co.uk/flood/
Aerial Photograph of the whole village
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The Village War Memorial
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Garden Cottages. Two of the oldest houses
in the village next to the river Thame.
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A closer and more recent view of
Little Garden Cottage
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The old Catherine Wheel pub, destroyed
by a fire in the early 20th Century
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The new Catherine Wheel pub
built in the 1930's
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Old View of School House corner
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Present view of School House Corner
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The old Three Pigeons pub, now converted
into a private house
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The old barn before its restoration. Now the
Aston Martin Owners' Club offices and museum.
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Ford Cottage
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Guy's House
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The old 2 roomed school, now the Village Hall
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An old view of High Street
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Aerial view of village taken by the Chiltern Flyers
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This different aerial photograph of the village was taken recently by one of the
Chiltern Flyers.
Clicking on the picture to the left will load the full size picture directly from their own website, or
you can click the above link to view their website in full and browse their photograph library, mostly
about their flying in and around the village.
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(Original: Dave Hewitt, Updates: Steve Cox, Webmaster )
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