High Street

1921
The Golf Links public house closed in 1935, and the Bricklayers Arms moved to its present location. Just visible, in the immediate foreground on the LHS, is the entrance to Chapel Street.

c1925
The Downley War Memorial Hall. The plaque listing those men fallen in the Great War was added in the late 1920s . The barns of Downley Farm can be seen, in the distance, on the left of the photo.

c1930
The original location of the Bricklayers Arms was at the junction of High Street and Plomer Green Lane.

Early 1960s
The junction of High Street and Chapel Street. Spicer’s subsequently relocated to
Littleworth Road near to the junction with Plomer Green Lane.


Early 1960s
Thames Valley Traction Company acquired the route from the Chiltern Bus Company of Lane End in May 1936 and registered it as Route 35 – High Wycombe Station to Downley Village Hall or Downley Smithy.

Mid 1990s
Junction of High Street and Plomer Green Lane with the Downley War Memorial Hall
on the LHS.


2018
The closure of Downley Post Office.