Aylesbury Town 2009

Welcome to Aylesbury

First a bit of old history that I read out of a book about a year ago.

Our town of Aylesbury started its life as a saxon settlement called Aegel's burgh. Burgh is a Saxon word that means fortified settlement. it was no more than a large village with only a few hundred people living here at the time. Aylesbury remained a large village for a very long time about two hundred years, The town made their living from farming but Aylesbury was an administrative centre as well because of its weekly market it had as a focal point for the surrounding villages and farmers who brought there produce into the market.

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But the Aylesbury we know today is very diferent from what it was about thirty years ago as it was still a lovely market town were people could come and they woud go away saying how nice it is but with resent progress well thats what they call it but in my apinion I think they have taken a nice market town and for greed they have made it into an eye sore.

But there are still some places were you can still see some of what Aylesbury use to look like this photo of the old houses just down from the St. Mary's Charch is what a lot of them use to look like.

In the town centre is the old market square but the cattle market witch we don't have any more use to be behind the arches next to the crown court building this photo shows the square from the court end here you can see the clock this has been a centre point for many years and the local council have cleaned the clock and made it look very nice.

Water mead lake

I have to admit one thing.
I may not like some of the building work thats going on around Aylesbury but they have made a nice lake area call watermead lake and in on the buckinghame road just out side of town but the wildlife on there if wonderfull its a bit messy in places but its not an easy place to keep tidy as there is a housing astate next to it but what you get on the lake makes up for the rest and as I'm a keen photographer of wildlife it one of the best places to go for water birds.

If you click on the photos you can enjoy the views of the lake.

When the lake was first made they had water sports on there but the ressidence complaned about the noise and the jet bout and speed bouts were stopped.
After that it wasn't long before the wildlife started to get on there and the lake became a lovely place to visit and in the summer it's an amassing place specialy at night when it comes alive with other wildlife such as foxes rabits and badgers.


ST. Mary's Church

As early as the 7th century a church has stood here, may not have looked like this then and over the many years it has had work carried out on it to bring it up to what you see to day, Its has always been a popular church in town as it look the part with all it nice stone work witch must have taken a lot of work and skill to produce such a magnificent building and the way it stands there so gracefully looking over the town being on the highest point in town and throughout the year with the different times of the year it changes so much and the inside is just as good as you can see from this photo the the inside.




One of the nices part of Aylesbury is the grand union canel that run into Aylesbury, Built at the end 18th century it increase the work in the area it was use to suply the factories that use to be along side the canel the last of them being the soup factory witch has ben pulled down to buold blocks of flats.

The tall building in the back ground is the county offices over 250 feet high holds fond memories for me as I absailed down the side of it for charity I only raised about £150 but as they say every little helps but was a good view and something I would like to do agan if and when I get another chanch.

In the basen we can see a number of narrow bouts all very lovely and well maintained as the ownners take great pride in their bouts the same as we do in our houses.

Aylesbury has got some real lovely places, like the Kings Head hotel witch is a few hundred years old and with its own courtyard were the horses use to be kept in the stables that run around the courtyard, and they also have a ghost that roams around the bedrooms at night.
They have a tea shop and a selection of books that you can read there while you drink your tea or coffee.