Our History

K.Y. Green of 29 Cambridge Street, is the latest in an unbroken line of companies which have served local people carrying out Funerals in and around Aylesbury for at least 200 years. The present firm of K.Y. Green moved to Cambridge Street in February 1939, to the premises built by “Harry” Green a few years before.

Mr Ray Cochrane, the present owner, is Great Grandson of Mr William York Green pictured alongside, who lived in Walton Street, between 1844 and 1912.

A few pictures are shown below of old Aylesbury scenes from the Company history.

Their builders yard (pictured left) at 14 Walton Street, covered the site of the new County Offices and will be remembered by old Aylesburians as the firm of Cannon & Green Ltd, Builders and Undertakers.

In the second photograph of Walton Street (pictured below) the old County Offices are seen on the left and Cannon & Green Ltd from another angle are seen on the right. Their sign can just be made out above the pedestrians.

It was Mr W.Y. Green’s grandfather Mr William Green (5 generations before Mr Cochrane) lived in Temple Street, Aylesbury between 1785 and 1870. He was recorded in Pigot’s County Guide of 1821, as Builders, Architect, Upholsterer, Undertaker and Toymaker! His advertisement appeared on the front page of the 1st edition of the Bucks Herald in 1832.

The last photograph is again of Walton Street and shows Mr W.Y. Green outside the front door of the premises, with the exterior decorated in honour of the King and Queen, but we are not quite sure what the occasion was celebrating.

Further photos can be found at the bottom of this page from the company archive.  Please scroll down for a brief family tree of the Greens.

William Green
Builder and Carpenter
Circa 1760
Market Square, Aylesbury

William Green
Builders, Architect, Upholsterer, Undertaker and Toymaker
12.2.1785 - 20.4.1870
Aged 85 years
Temple Street, Aylesbury

William Henry Green
Master Builder and Undertaker
1818 - 21.11.1878
Aged 60 years
Walton Street, Aylesbury

William York Green
Master Builder and Undertaker
1844 - 18.6.1912
Aged 68 years
18 Walton Street, Aylesbury

William Henry Green
Builder and Undertaker
17.3.1874 - 27.12.1954
Aged 81 years
14 Walton Street, Aylesbury
&
29 Cambridge Street, Aylesbury

Kenneth York Green Builder and Funeral Director 26.8.1904 - 29.5.1988 Aged 83 years

Sylvia Eileen Cochrane (née Green) 30.12.1911 - 29.9.2002 Aged 90 years Ray E. Cochrane DipF.D., B.I.F.D. Managing Director

© 2002-2007, K.Y. Green Limited.
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