Catalogue description A E Steevens Collection

Papers formerly in the possession of the late Mr. A.E. Steevens of High Wycombe relating to the Steevens family, to Quakerism in Buckinghamshire and generally, and to High Wycombe, etc.

Steevens, A E, d1973, founder member of Rye Protection SocietySteevens family of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

AR 72/74

He was one of the founder members of the Rye Protection Society which successfully contested the local council's proposal to build the inner-relief road over a corner of the Rye. He was chairman and one of its vice-presidents and he appeared at a number of local planning inquiries as a witness for the society.

He was also a member of High Wycombe History Society and was running a course on local history at the Wellesbourne Adult Education Centre.

He was also group chairman of the building and environment group of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.

A building business was started by his family in 1853 and Mr. Steevens ran the business from 1930 until his retirement a few years ago. Since retirement he worked as a building and architectural consultant for a firm of indexing and information specialists. He was a fellow of the Institute of Builders.

A lifelong Methodist, Mr. Steevens was a lay preacher for 46 years and a circuit steward in the High Wycombe Methodist Circuit and preached at every Methodist Church in the area. He was also secretary, trustee and a former Sunday school superintendent at Wesley Methodist Church in Priory Road, High Wycombe; a chairman of the High Wycombe Free Church Federal Council; and secretary of the local British and Foreign Bible Society.

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