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TOWN C ME OUN THAME A4129 A CI TH L A40 A418 8a Oxford 8 Princes W. B. YEATS 7 Risborough 1865 - 1939 A329 A4010 Poet High lived here in 1921 6 Wycombe MICHAEL BUTLER A40 YEATS 5 1921 - 2007 Witney MP Irish Senator born here David Cameron M40 4 21st ME at the ceremony to CENTURY THA unveil the plaque to blanket maker By bus William Smith Thame is on the 280 service between Oxford in 2009 and Aylesbury. It passes by Haddenham and Thame Parkway station. The 280 runs half-hourly during Mon - Sat daytimes, less frequently at other times. The Arriva Line 40 is a Mon - Sat daytime service from High Wycombe via Stokenchurch and The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Scheme promotes Chinnor. E BLUE PLAQ HIR UE DS S B recognition and awareness of people, places and events that OR OA XF RD Traveline 0871 200 2233 or visit www.traveline.org.uk O have been of lasting significance in the life of Oxfordshire or HENRY more widely. By train Thame is a short bus (280) or taxi ride BODDINGTON The Board welcomes suggestions, from individuals or away from Haddenham and Thame Parkway which is on the 1813 - 1886 organisations, of men and women, places, organisations or Chiltern Line between Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill. Brewer E BLUE PLAQ events that might be commemorated by a Blue Plaque. It seeks HIR UE Train information: call 0845 7484950 or visit DS S B born in Thame and OR OA XF RD to celebrate a variety of people and places, from throughout the www.nationalrail.co.uk lived on this site O county and all historical periods. 1826 - 1832 M40 By car JAMES FIGG Thame 1684 - 1734 21s E E BLUE PLAQ t CE HAM HIR UE From the north leave M40 at junction 8a, or from the NTURY T DS S B OR OA XF RD For further information on the scheme please see: south at junction 6. Follow signs to Thame. There is O ‘Champion of England’ www.oxfordshireblueplaques.org.uk ample parking available in the town. ALFREDO for trials of skill born in Thame and associated By bicycle CAMPOLI with this inn then called The Phoenix Trail between Princes Risborough and 1906 - 1991 The Greyhound Thame is part of National Cycle Network Route 57 Violinist 21st E i For information about events, places to eat, which continues to Oxford. CENTURY THAM accommodation and attractions visit Thame Information The production of this leaflet is sponsored by SEEDA’s Small Rural Towns Programme, administered lived here in Oxfordshire by Oxfordshire Rural Community Council 1986 - 1991 Centre (Mon - Fri) in the Town Hall. Tel: 01844 212833

21st E or go to www.visitsouthoxfordshire.co.uk CENTURY THAM www.thame.net www.thametowncouncil.gov.uk Recognising famous people www.21stcenturythame.org.uk September 2011 associated with this historic market town

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CHILTERN GROVE family moving to Manchester in 1832. At the age of 19, Henry was employed at Strangeway's He traveller. Brewery as a commercial progressed through the brewery and in 1853 After which the became the sole owner. business boomed and was renamed Boddington By 1877 the company was brewing Brewery. Henry retired to 100,000 barrels a year. Silverdale, Lancs, and when he died age 72 in 1886 he left nearly £150,000.

Elizabeth Boddington miller. His father became Elizabeth Boddington miller. master of the W R O A D John Fothergill was born in Kent John Rowland Fothergill 1876. After an unhappy schooling and his early life studying art, he surprised all his friends when he bought the Spread Eagle in 1922. Here found that he possessed many (though not all) of S the attributes of an outstanding innkeeper: he ‘ N was an excellent chef, a connoisseur of wine E E and an early campaigner for ‘real food’, U Q cared passionately about the quality of the success of Fothergill's furnishings. Yet enterprise depended first and foremost on his intriguing, volatile, and provocative personality. He had a clear idea of the kind clientele he ON AVENUEwished to attract, and those whom he did not wish to be sharing his company. He moved from the Spread Eagle in the 1930s a wiser but not wealthier man and is remembered essentially for his Diary of an book “A Innkeeper”. T

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James Figg James Figg is recognised as the first “Champion of England”, but he was also the first boxing coach, and was as proficient with a stick sword with his bare fists. He was born in Thame February 1684 and gained himself a local reputation at prize fighting, making his headquarters at the Greyhound Inn. At Southwark Fair he kept a great booth on the and bowling green where he entertained all day, by 1719 was challenging all comers. Regular Prize Fights were held at a venue called the Boarded House in the Bear Garden at Marylebone, where he opened an academy of arms. Figg was a stalwart figure, always ready to accept a challenge. He died in London 1734. and is buried at the of St. Marylebone. Parish Church C H U R U H C

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John Hampden Born in 1594 to a prominent Hampden was Buckinghamshire family, sent to the free Grammar School in Thame at the age of six. After studying Oxford for Buckinghamshire. he became an MP He opposed the Ship Money tax being imposed by Charles I and was also imprisoned for refusing to loan the king As Colonel Hampden he recruited money. and led a regiment supporting Parliament in the Civil W unfortunately during a battle at Chalgrove, he was wounded and later died at this house in Thame High Street on 24 June 1643.

W B Yeats Often referred to as Ireland’s finest literary poet W Dublin in 1865, the son of a painter. He Dublin in 1865, the son of a painter. attended school in London and vacations in Sligo, Ireland, which was the setting for many of his poems. His early work centres on Irish mythology and themes and is mystical lyrical. After his marriage he moved to England and Thame in 1921, where his son was born.

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