Talk:East Claydon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of the following WikiProjects:

WikiProject Buckinghamshire (Rated Stub-Class) This article is within the scope of the WikiProject Buckinghamshire. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page. Stub This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the quality scale. ??? This page has not yet been assigned a rating on the importance scale. WikiProject UK geography      (Rated Stub-Class) This article falls within the scope of WikiProject UK geography, a user-group dedicated to building a comprehensive and quality guide to places in the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you wish to participate, share ideas or merely get tips you can join us at the project page where there are resources, to do lists and guidelines on how to write about settlements. United Kingdom Portal Stub This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the assessment scale. (Add assessment comments) Low This article has been rated as low-importance within the UK geography WikiProject. WikiProject England      (Rated Stub-Class) England Portal This article is supported by WikiProject England, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to articles relating to England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article associated with this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. Stub This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the quality scale.

Removed from the article:

Primarily owned by the Warren family, it was largely rebuilt in order to house the servants of Claydon House, owned by Matthew Warren and wife Francesca in 1842.

It is claimed that this is nonsense, and will require a good reference before going back into the article. Thank you. -- Francs2000 17:19, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

^ Patently untrue. Definitely keep it out!

[edit] Church

"The parish church dedicated to St Mary was completely demolished during the English Civil War by Cornelius Holland, one of King Charles's judges, but was rebuilt. The current structure is largely of 18th century design."

I find this doubtful. Sure you're not thinking of St. Michael's at Steeple Claydon? St. Mary's still has a sun dial...

Ok yeah having just looked it up in The official church booklet (I live in EC) by villagers who researched it with Sir. Ralph Verney - pretty reliable source I think - and it's completely inaccurate to say "Completely demolished" - anyone who's seen it can plainly see that it is not 18th century. Much of it is 13th century, and there are various bits from various centuries. The Church Organ was once played by Handel.

Because I'm from EC I'm going to take that bit out until someone can back it up:

The parish church dedicated to St Mary was completely demolished
during the English Civil War  by Cornelius Holland, one of 
King Charles's judges, but was rebuilt. The current structure is
largely of 18th century design.

--Elín 22:47, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I have reinserted the claim with references, although I have removed the word "completely", as that would appear to be incorrect. ~ Scribble Monkey 09:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)