"Lane End, Buckinghamshire Lane End is a village and civil parish within Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is just south of the M40 from High Wycombe, about two miles (3 km) west of Booker. The village is twinned with Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron in France. Lane End is a village of some 3050 people, set in the centre of a triangle bounded by High Wycombe, Marlow and Henley-on-Thames. The village is above sea level in the Chilterns, set in rolling hills of farmland, beech woods and footpaths. Within the civil parish of Lane End are the hamlets of Cadmore End, Ditchfield, Moor"
"""High Street"", which is a crescent shaped road that joins Soulbury Road at each end. Ivy Lane and Mount Pleasant Road both branch off the High Street. Burcott, Wing, Buckinghamshire Burcott is a hamlet in the parish of Wing(where at the 2011 Census the population was included ), Buckinghamshire, England. Today the hamlet of Burcott has been almost swallowed up by the growth of Wing, though it is still marked on modern maps, and on the road sign as you enter Wing from the Soulbury road. It is distinguishable by those who know the village well, as being that part"
"Dujardin. The parish church of St Bartholomew's dates from the early Norman period. It has an unusual tower, with a double vaulted roof. The church is a Grade I listed building. Fingest Fingest is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills near the border with Oxfordshire. It is about six miles WSW of High Wycombe. It lies in the civil parish of Hambleden. The village name of Fingest comes from the Anglo Saxon name ""Thinghurst"", meaning 'wooded hill where assemblies are made'. In the 16th century the name is recorded as ""Thingest"" and then ""Fingest"". Although"
"Great Brickhill Great Brickhill is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the very north of the non-metropolitan county, just outside and overlooking, Milton Keynes. The village name is a compound of Brythonic and Anglo Saxon origins, which is a common occurrence in this part of the country. The Brythonic ""breg"" means 'hill', and the Anglo Saxon ""hyll"" also means 'hill'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as ""Brichelle"". The affix 'Great' was added in the 12th century to differentiate from nearby Bow Brickhill and Little Brickhill. Robert Merydale"
"which included the rebuilding of the west tower. Buckhorn Weston Buckhorn Weston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, about west of the town of Gillingham. It lies on the western edge of the former royal hunting ground of Gillingham Forest. The underlying geology is Oxford clay and Corallian limestone. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 356. In Saxon times the area was known as Bokere Waston, which meant 'hamlet in the wilderness near the dyke'. Saxons invaded the"
"Fingest Fingest is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills near the border with Oxfordshire. It is about six miles WSW of High Wycombe. It lies in the civil parish of Hambleden. The village name of Fingest comes from the Anglo Saxon name ""Thinghurst"", meaning 'wooded hill where assemblies are made'. In the 16th century the name is recorded as ""Thingest"" and then ""Fingest"". Although the early name is the etymological root of both 'Tinghurst' and 'Fingest', the latter doesn't follow the former by any normal linguistic line. The ancient parish of Fingest included Cadmore End"
"large towns of Aylesbury and High Wycombe. History of Buckinghamshire Although the name Buckinghamshire is Anglo Saxon in origin meaning ""The district (scire) of Bucca's home"" (referring to Buckingham in the north of the county) the name has only been recorded since about the 12th century. The historic county itself has been in existence since it was a subdivision of the kingdom of Wessex in the 10th century. It was formed out of about 200 communities that could between them fund a castle in Buckingham, to defend against invading Danes. Some of the places in Buckinghamshire date back much further"
"VIII. Builth Wells Builth Wells (; ) is a town and community in the county of Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Wye and the River Irfon, in the Welsh (or Upper) section of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. ""Builth"" is an anglicization of the Welsh ""Buellt"" or ""Buallt"". It derives from the Welsh words ""bu"", meaning ""ox"", and ""gellt"" (later ""gwellt""), meaning ""pasture"", rendering ""cow pasture"". The town added ""Wells"" to the name in the 19th century when its springs were promoted as a"
"Bow Brickhill Bow Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is a short distance south east of Milton Keynes itself. The village name is a combination of Brythonic and Old English words for 'hill' (Brythonic: ""breg"", Anglo Saxon ""hyll""). The prefix 'Bow' comes from an Anglo Saxon personal name, ""Bolla"". The various names of the village given in historic records were ""Brichelle"" (11th century); ""Brichull"" (12th century); ""Bolle Brichulle"", ""Bellebrikhulle"" (13th century)., ""Bolbrykhull"" ""Bolbryghyll"" (15th century, 1418) The Church of England parish church of All Saints stands apart from the rest"
"Wheeler End Wheeler End is a hamlet in the parish of Piddington and Wheeler End, in Buckinghamshire, England. The hamlet is located close to the main A40 between West Wycombe and Stokenchurch. The hamlet name refers to the Wheeler family, who lived here. They were once the main brewers of High Wycombe. The hamlet itself however, is much older, dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. Wheeler End is a collection of terraced houses and free standing properties surrounding the village common. The Common and most of the arable land surrounding the properties in the hamlet are owned by the West"
"the Buckingham urban area. Nearby towns include Aylesbury, Winslow, Bicester, Brackley, Milton Keynes and Towcester. Local villages in the immediate vicinity include Padbury and Gawcott to the south, Chackmore to the north and Shalstone to the north west. It is also very near Stowe, the location of Stowe House, Stowe Landscape Gardens and Stowe School. There is a Confluence point on the edge of the town (here), at exactly Bourton was a hamlet in the parish of Buckingham. The hamlet name is Old English in origin, and means 'fortified enclosure'. It is now an integral part of the town of"
"Wing, Buckinghamshire Wing, known in antiquated times as Wyng, is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is on the main A418 road between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard. It is about north east of Aylesbury, west of Leighton Buzzard, and south of Milton Keynes. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the toponym as ""Witehunge"". The name occurs in Old English ""circa"" 966–975 as ""Weowungum"" (dative plural case). It could mean: The first syllables of the names of the nearby village of Wingrave and the nearby hamlet of Wingbury have the same etymology. The"
"Weston Turville Weston Turville is a historic village and civil parish in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. The village is at the foot of the Chiltern Hills, 3 miles (4.9km) from the market town of Wendover and 3.5 miles (5.7km) from Aylesbury. The village name 'Weston' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'western estate' or western homestead, as 'tun' means an enclosed farm in Angle. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village is recorded as ""Westone"". The suffix 'Turville' was added later, referring to the lords of the manor in the 13th century, and to differentiate"
"of twelve and has approximately 240 pupils. It is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone masts. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools. Great Brickhill Great Brickhill is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the very north of the non-metropolitan county, just outside and overlooking, Milton Keynes. The village name is a compound of Brythonic and Anglo Saxon origins, which is a common occurrence in"
"Loudwater, Buckinghamshire Loudwater is a hamlet in the parish of Chepping Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the valley to the east of the main town, on the A40 London Road. The hamlet name refers to the River Wye nearby, that also flows through High Wycombe. In manorial records in 1241 the hamlet was referred to as ""La Ludewatere"". The brick built St Peter's Church dates from 1788 with a gothic style chancel added in 1903 and further improvements in recent years, including new windows. On the London Road there is a Victorian mansion called Burleighfield House that"
"Buckinghamshire village of Tingewick, to take the A421 past the two villages. In 1847–50 the Buckinghamshire Railway built a branch line to through the northern part of the parish along the Great Ouse Valley. station was built on the line about northwest of the village. In 1899 the Great Central Railway built its main line to London through the western part of the parish and built Finmere for Buckingham station about south of the village. Buckingham already had a railway station on the Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line and was almost from the Great Central station, so the name"
"borough and that of the civil parish, (the residual part of the ecclesiastical parish) together with West Wycombe constitute the majority of the present-day High Wycombe Urban Area. Chepping Wycombe Chepping Wycombe is a civil parish within Wycombe district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire. The parish includes the three large villages of Tylers Green, Loudwater and Flackwell Heath. The central part of the parish comprises extensive business and industrial development lying adjacent and underneath an elevated section of the M40 in the valley of the River Wye. The name, ""Chipping"" derives from the Old English word ""cieping"" meaning 'market'"
"or Beelzebub, now ""Belshy Bob"". Citations Bibliography Great Budworth Great Budworth is a civil parish and village, approximately north of Northwich, England, within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. It lies off the A559 road, east of Comberbach, northwest of Higher Marston and southeast of Budworth Heath. Until 1948, Great Budworth was part of the Arley Hall estate. According to Sir Peter Leycester, the name Great Budworth comes from the Old Saxon words ""bode"" (""dwelling"") and ""wurth"" (""a place by water""). Great Budworth is approached from the main Warrington to Northwich road"
"Buckhorn Weston Buckhorn Weston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale in the North Dorset administrative district, about west of the town of Gillingham. It lies on the western edge of the former royal hunting ground of Gillingham Forest. The underlying geology is Oxford clay and Corallian limestone. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 356. In Saxon times the area was known as Bokere Waston, which meant 'hamlet in the wilderness near the dyke'. Saxons invaded the area around 450 AD, driving out existing inhabitants"
"Warrington, Buckinghamshire Warrington is a hamlet and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England, near Olney and on either side of the A509. It formed part of the parish of Olney until 1866. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Lavendon The hamlet name is an Old English language word that means 'Wærheard's estate'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as ""Wardintone"". The hamlet is confused occasionally with Warrington, the town in Cheshire. It is the most northerly parish of the"
"Grammar School in Chesham, Dr Challoner's Grammar School for boys in Amersham and Dr Challoner's High School for girls in Little Chalfont. Bellingdon Bellingdon the name deriving from the Anglo Saxon ""Bellingdenu"" or Bella's Valley, and is recorded as ""Belenden"" in the 15th century, is a village in the civil parish of Chartridge (where the 2011 Census was included), in Buckinghamshire, England. It is arranged along a ridge, typical of the Chiltern Hills to the north of Chesham. Until the end of the 19th century Bellingdon consisted of a number of scattered farms including Bank, Peppetts, Bellingdon End, Bloomfield, Huge,"
"Whaddon, Buckinghamshire Whaddon is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district, in Buckinghamshire. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'hill where wheat is grown'. The village is referred to several times in the ""Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"" generally in the form of ""Hwætædun"". The village is at the centre of the ancient Whaddon Chase, the site for many centuries of royal hunting lands. Whaddon Chase is designated an area of 'Special Landscape Interest'. Whaddon Church of England School is a mixed Church of England primary school. It is a voluntary controlled school, which takes"
"by Queen guitarist Brian May. Hinton Waldrist Hinton Waldrist is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is between Oxford and Faringdon, southwest of Oxford. The parish includes the hamlet of Duxford. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 328. In 1086 the Domesday Book recorded the village as ""Hentone"", Old English for ""high farmstead"". In the 12th century the manor passed to the St. Valery family, from whom the village took the second part of its name."
"grocery store and post office. Bishopstone, Buckinghamshire Bishopstone is a rural village in the civil parish of Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell in Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England. The village name is a common one in England, and means ""Bishop's Estate"". It is not known to which Bishop this refers though as the village lies within the ancient diocese of Lincoln, it presumedly denotes property owned by the Bishop of Lincoln. The village was first recorded in manorial rolls of 1227 as ""Bissopeston"". Bishopstone resides amongst farm land just a mile east of Stone and two miles south of Aylesbury. The"
"High Bickington High Bickington is a rural village in North Devon, England, about 2 km west of the River Taw valley, among largely cultivated hills and wooded valleys. The nearest larger settlements are Great Torrington ( west), South Molton ( east), and Barnstaple ( north). The village is on a slight ridge (presumably hence the name), at around 160 m (520 ft). It is on the B3217 road. It has unbroken views across the valley towards Exmoor. The civil parish of High Bickington is spread over a wider area. The full name also distinguishes it from two other Devon villges:"
"East England. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 28.4% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide. In 2011, ""The Daily Telegraph"" deemed Stoke Poges as Britain's eighth richest village and the third richest village in Buckinghamshire. Hamlets within Stoke Poges parish include: Stoke Poges Stoke Poges is a green-buffered scattered village and civil parish in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is centred north-north-east of Slough (historically Upton-cum-Chalvey), its post town, and southeast of Farnham Common. In the name Stoke Poges, ""stoke"" means ""stockaded (place)"" that is staked with more than just boundary-marking"
"Kingsmead Road. Loudwater, Buckinghamshire Loudwater is a hamlet in the parish of Chepping Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the valley to the east of the main town, on the A40 London Road. The hamlet name refers to the River Wye nearby, that also flows through High Wycombe. In manorial records in 1241 the hamlet was referred to as ""La Ludewatere"". The brick built St Peter's Church dates from 1788 with a gothic style chancel added in 1903 and further improvements in recent years, including new windows. On the London Road there is a Victorian mansion called Burleighfield"
"Oxfordshire, 35,000 in Buckinghamsire. The lowest is 6,000 at Bracknell Forest, then Reading with about 6,000. Of all regions, the South-East has the greatest percentage that attend a grammar school - 12%; the next highest it the South-West - 6%. The most-educated people (NQF level 4 or above) in the region live in Elmbridge (51%), then Waverley, and Epsom and Ewell; 33% of people are at this level for the South-East, only second to London at 40%. The region has highest number of sixth formers, outside of London, in England; the highest number is in Kent, the highest for England,"
"Prestwood Prestwood is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about two miles west of Great Missenden and five miles north of High Wycombe. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Priest-wood'. There is evidence of settlement in Prestwood from the Middle Ages, when the village was mainly covered in oak, beech and ash trees. ""Hatches Farm"" is one of the buildings that dates from the medieval period. By 1849, more of the woodland had been cleared to make way for agriculture and common land, around which approximately 100 houses now existed."
"Names of Buckinghamshire in 1925, thought that ""belle"" could have meant a hill as well as a bell and suggested that the conspicuous hill at Kimble would have impressed itself on the minds of the first settlers and might have been called 'royal' as the largest visible hill in the locality or that it earned the epithet by reason of some royal burial or other unknown event. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names, first published in 1951, interpreted the name as ""Royal bell-shaped hill"" and the later Oxford Companion to Names (2002) also gives that as the meaning."
"Borough, of Buckinghamshire and of the South East England Region. Warrington, Buckinghamshire Warrington is a hamlet and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England, near Olney and on either side of the A509. It formed part of the parish of Olney until 1866. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Lavendon The hamlet name is an Old English language word that means 'Wærheard's estate'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as ""Wardintone"". The hamlet is confused occasionally with Warrington, the town"
"Builth Wells Builth Wells (; ) is a town and community in the county of Powys, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of the River Wye and the River Irfon, in the Welsh (or Upper) section of the Wye Valley. It has a population of 2,568. ""Builth"" is an anglicization of the Welsh ""Buellt"" or ""Buallt"". It derives from the Welsh words ""bu"", meaning ""ox"", and ""gellt"" (later ""gwellt""), meaning ""pasture"", rendering ""cow pasture"". The town added ""Wells"" to the name in the 19th century when its springs were promoted as a visitor"
"developments took place on the Park, and Brackley, Hill and Manor Farms. No provision was made for leisure and it was through the efforts of the Residents' and the Community Associations that Hazlemere eventually got its own library and Community Centre in 1976. Schools in the village include Hazlemere Combined Church of England School, opened in 1847, Cedar Park Combined School to the north, and Manor Farm Community Junior School and Sir Willam Ramsay secondary school to the south. Hazlemere Hazlemere is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, 2.5 miles northeast of High Wycombe on the A404 leading"