Timeline History of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Timeline History of High WycombeGo back

1901 to 2000

Events

1901
Wycombe High School was established.
1904
The Town Hall, in Queen Victoria Road, was built.
1906
The Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway line, which connected London with lines to the north, was opened through High Wycombe.
1920s
A slum clearance scheme was undertaken by the council and new housing estates created.
1938
RAF High Wycombe was established.
1940
RAF High Wycombe became the headquarters for Bomber Command during World War II. It retained this position until 1968.
1942-45
The United States' 8th Air Force Bomber Command was based at High Wycombe during World War II.
1949
Hughenden Manor, the residence of PM Benjamin Disraeli between 1848 and 1881, was given to the National Trust.
1960s
The furniture industry greatly declined.
1975
Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education was formed by a merger of the High Wycombe College of Art and Technology and Newland Park College of Education.
1990
Adams Park, home to Wycombe Wanderers Football Club, was opened.
1991
The population of High Wycombe according to the census was 71,700.
1992
The Wycombe Swan theatre was opened in November.
1993
The remaining ruins of the 12th century Hospital of St John the Baptist were declared an English national monument by English Heritage.
1994
The Wycombe Summit, dry ski slope, was opened.
1999
Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education became a university college. It was granted full university status in 2007.

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