A TOUR OF OLNEY MARKET PLACE - NUMBERS 37 & 38
Oakcraft and Simon
Nos 37 & 38 Market Place, 2005
Sited on a large corner plot, before they were divided, Numbers 37 and 38 Market Place were the home of the Talbot family for many years. John Hale Talbot lived there through to the late 1840's and Charles Hale Talbot lived there with his wife, three children and three servants in 1851.

Thomas Freeman bought the premises in 1873 and lived and worked there with his sons as carpenters and building contractors, and it was known as Number 37. However, it was subdivided at some later date into two separate shops, one being a china shop, run by the female members of the Freeman family and the other half used by Barclays Bank. In 1939 it became the Post Office.

Four generations of Freemans have lived there. First, Thomas, then 'S J', then Walter Steff and finally, Harold Austen. In 1936, Margueret Freeman was listed as living at Number 37, whilst Harold, Alma and Dorothy were listed as living at Number 38.