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Putnams Drive, AYLESBURY, HP22 5HH

This building, which dates from the early 1970s, is located at the far end of Putnams Drive and has the code SMAN. It provides telephone and broadband services to approximately 1,809 residential and 77 non-residential premises in Aston Clinton, plus Buckland and Drayton Beauchamp nearby. The numbering range of this TE is (01296) 63xxxx, the (01296) referring to the Aylesbury group of fourteen TEs, and its postcode is HP22 5HH.

Taken from the church tower looking northwest across Aston Clinton. The building with the little spiky turret is the old school (see Image) on the crossroads. (Supplemental photo taken across the gridline)

The Old School in the grounds of the current Aston Clinton School in Twitchell Lane. The clock dates from 1887 when it was erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The building is Grade II Listed and the Historic England website describes it thus:- "Former Infants' School, 1859 by Gotto of Tring. Gothic style; purple brick with stone dressings, gable copings and kneelers. Tiled roof with fishscale bands. Central louvre with steep hipped tiled roof and terracotta finials. Square clock turret over south wing with battered tiled base, clock stage with belfry over, elaborate brackets supporting shingled spirelet with metal finial. 1-storey. South elevation has projecting wing to RH with large traceried window. Porch in angle, with pointed arched door, gable at LH end over 2-light traceried window. West gable has 3-light traceried window. North elevation has four 2-light traceried windows with gables over, pointed arched door at LH end. Built as a present for Constance, Sir Antony de Rothschilds eldest daughter, on her 16th birthday at her request."

This Baptist Chapel was built in 1897 and is in Green End Street.

A traditional thatched pub set back in the corner of the junction of Green End Street and Brook Street.

The Lancaster flanked by a Hurricane and Spitfire of Britain's "Memorial Flight" fly past Aston Clinton's St Michael and All Angels' church which was hosting a flower festival on the theme of the First World War. The Flight was visiting various such commemorative events that day I believe.

There was a very pleasant flower festival going on in the church, with stalls and entertainment in the churchyard (on the other side from this view). The tower was open for viewing (see other photos) and flower arrangements each representing a specific tune bedecked every window and feature inside the church. The church dates from the C12th with many later additions. It is a lovely old building with many interesting features and there are several examples of carved graffiti from the C17th !