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Thame Local History
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The George III Period Dates (1760 - 1820)
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| 1760 |
Death of Philip, sixth Viscount Wenman, who built Thame Park House.
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Death of the third Earl of Abingdon, Willoughby Bertie. |
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| 1763 | Thame Churchwardens advertised for someone to run a local workhouse. | |
| 1766 |
There were food riots in Thame, over the price of basic food such as bread and cheese.
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Roman Catholic Eleanor Bertie married Philip the seventh and last Viscount Wenman. More |
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| 1769 | The Swan was purchased from the Earl of Abingdon's estates by Hannah Bennet. | |
| 1770 |
Aylesbury to Shillingford Turnpike opened and went through Thame. The Earl of Abingdon's Hunt began between Thame and Tetsworth. |
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| 1774 | Earl of Abingdon won the Jockey Club Plate, with the racehorse Transit. | |
| 1778 |
Earl of Abingdon paid Capability Brown £2,888 for work at Rycote. John Wesley preached at Thame. |
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| 1779 | Sale of interior goods at Rycote House. | |
| 1785 |
The Thame to Postcombe road was turnpiked. Lord Torrington visited Thame and made disparaging comments. |
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| 1787 |
The Battin family began a 137 year association with the Nags Head. The name Birdcage was first used for the pub formerly the Cage. More |
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| 1788 |
Thame troop of Yeomanry formed, one of the first in the country. Jesuit Priest Father Bernard Stafford buried in Thame Park chapel. More |
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| 1790 | Local workhouse opened in Pound Lane, now Wellington Street. | |
| 1792 | French religious refugees accommodated at Thame. | |
| 1793 |
In popular expressions of opposition to the ideas of Tom Paine,
a republican with links to the American and French Revolutions,
there was a 'loyalty meeting' held at Thame.
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| 1796 | Thame housed 50 French clergy. They stayed until 1802. | |
| 1798 | In a great flood, a wagon was swept off the Long Crendon causeway. | |
| 1799 | The fourth Earl of Abingdon died. | |
| 1800 |
The seventh and last Viscount Wenman died.
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| 1803 | Volunteer corps of three companies formed at Thame, under P.T. Wykeham of Tythrop (for fear of a French invasion). | |
| 1806 | Napoleonic prisoners accommodated at Thame. | |
| 1807 | Sale of exterior fabric of Rycote House. | |
| 1809 |
Arthur Young, the agricultural reformer, spoke of 'very depressing poverty' in Thame.
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| 1811 | The sum of £3,686 required through the Poor Rate at Thame. | |
| 1818 |
Rumours of marriage between the Duke of Clarence and
Sophia Elizabeth Wykeham of Thame Park.
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