Olney,
Buckinghamshire
Old Postcard, High Street, Olney, Buckinghamshire
Olney, Clifton Bridge
Bridge Street, Olney, Bucks
Olney, Market Place
A 1923 postcard of Bridge Street.
This postcard of High Street South was mailed
in 1909. The "Swan" is clearly seen as is a
butcher's shop on the left.
High Street South, Olney
Olney, Cowper Museum
Other than the addition of motor cars, this view has changed little since the
photograph was taken, probably in the 1920s.
No date for this postcard of the Market Place.
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Clifton Bridge across the Ouse - a good spot to see Kingfishers.
The Cowper Museum in the late 1920s.
This postcard was mailed in 1904.
Weston Underwood
A 1960 postcard of Weston Underwood.
An unused postcard of Cowper's House on the Market Place.
Olney and North Buckinghamshire are well worth a visit - search
the internet to discover more !

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There are a couple of ghost stories associated with Olney.
The first concerns the "Castle" pub at the north end of the
High Street. Towards the end of the last century, the
landlord's wife and a customer spotted the ghostly form of
a woman in black clothing, whilst another customer
watched a man walk through a locked door. An exorcism
was performed, but a few years later the ghostly woman
was seen again. A legend says that a phantom horse and
coach pass through the pub once a year, though no-one
knows the exact date. The second ghost haunts the
Whirlypits, just up the road from the Castle. This is a
"bottomless" pond, and a phantom coach pulled by
headless horses led by a decapitated driver passes
through the town and dives into it, their passenger none
other than the Devil on his way home - probably after a
few pints in the Castle !
Did You Know.... that Olney's most feted famous
residents are Thomas Cowper, the poet, and John
Newton, a former sailor who served on slave ships,
and who collaborated with Cowper to  produce the
Olney Hymns, which include "Amazing Grace" ?
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