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Aldbury The Village Pond and The Stocks |
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Aldbury The Village Pond and The Stocks |
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Aldbury is, and has been for many years, a much visited tourist spot, with the main attraction being the village pond, surrounded with ancient houses, and with the village stocks still surviving. The following postcards provide a panoramic view round the pond area.
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The Stocks, Aldbury This is looking west towards the church, with the old bake house and its high chimney. This combines a well, with double wheel, and a communal bake house. It is still there but is hard to see because it is now surrounded by trees and shrubs. |
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Stocks and Old Manor, Aldbury This shows what is sometimes described as the "Old Manor House" although it is no more than a row of old cottages, now converted into two dwellings.. |
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The Old Stocks, Aldbury |
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Old Stocks and Manor House, Aldbury It is interesting to compare the postcards as it is clear that a number of repairs were made at various dates to ensure that the stocks remain standing. |
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Stocks and Old Houses, Aldbury |
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Old Stocks and Pond, Aldbury
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The Village, Aldbury, No 1 This looks across the pond to where the road runs north to Ivinghoe and Pitstone. The houses still look much the same, but the pond is now surrounded by vegetation - and at the far end there is a car parking area. |
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The Old Stocks, Aldbury circa 1907 |
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The Stocks, Aldbury
Another view see 39173 JV |
| The final view shows the wooded Chiltern hills which overlook the village and the massive elm which stood at the bottom of Toms Hill (the road starts at the right hand edge of the picture). This tree died in the Dutch Elm epidemic and the replacement oak tree is already a fair size. | |
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