Meadle
Meadle is a
Thames
.
The earliest recorded mentions of Meadle are in the English Civil War when it was caught up in the battle lines between the Royalists in Oxford and the Parliamentarians in London. A local farm, Armour Farm, is believed to have acquired its name as a store of armaments during the war.
Meadle later became a
Quaker settlement; the largest farm in the hamlet is still known as Quaker Farm, where Quakers met and were buried in the orchard behind the house. A local field bears the name of Fox's Midsummer where George Fox
, the founder of the Quaker movement, held secret night time meetings.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Meadle was a centre of production for the
Aylesbury Duck
industry, and had a grist mill to provide feed.
Meadle was the home of
Vale of Aylesbury and the Chiltern Hills
. He moved on during the Second World War to settle in East Anglia. The house in which he lived, Lane End, still exists.
Meadle is mostly known to visitors for the Kimble Point-to-Point, a traditional horse-racing event held on nearby fields each Easter Saturday.
External links
- Map sources for Meadle
51°44′49″N 0°50′07″W / 51.74693°N 0.83538°W
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