Chinnor Road, Thame

Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 17 Aug 2014

I had noticed these terraced cottages before, when passing through. They look as if they were built to house a growing industrial population, and I'd been wondering which industry it was that led to the expansion of the town along the Chinnor road - perhaps circa 1890. A glance at the map shows that the area on the other (south) side of the road used to be railway land - so that answers my query, at least in part. I'm left wondering whether the terraced cottages were built by or for a railway company. In any case, some 120 years or so later, the decorative brickwork gives the terrace a character of its own, and makes this an attractive street. The modern residential development on the old railway site contributes much less to the townscape.

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