4 May 1571: Dorothy Pakington, as she said herself, as 'Lord and owner of the town' of #Aylesbury#Buckinghamshire nominates the burgesses without any reference to the inhabitants #otd
Voted today in #Buckinghamshire for #PoliceAndCrimeCommissioner. No idea who it was last time; they have had no public effect on anything. 35% turnout then. Not even the candidates could be bothered to leaflet us this time, just the polling card a while ago.
the marble hall (or marble saloon) , built during the 1780s, at Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, England. Once a party palace for the Dukes of Buckingham, the grand building is now an expensive fee paying school . February 2024. #buckinghamshire#stowehouse#architecture#stowe#stoweschool
For #FensterFreitag this is the segmented dome skylight in the Marble Saloon in Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, England. Doric columns of scagliola, not marble, line the walls, and the niches hold replicas of statues as the originals were sold long ago. The neoclassical house is a seventeenth and eighteenth century construction.
Woman still won't pay £3k council tax over climate change
A 73-year-old woman has vowed to continue not paying her council tax as a form of climate protest against Buckinghamshire Council
The mother-of-two, who has two grandchildren, is protesting the Council’s refusal to stop banking with Barclays due to the bank investing in fossil fuels
The windmill at Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England. July 2023.
built 1830-1832. It is restored and it is able to grind wheat into flour, and it is a 20meter high tower design. #buckinghamshire#england