Archive for May, 2008

Winslow

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Winslow is a small market town in north Buckinghamshire, in the centre of the Vale of Aylesbury. It has a population of about 4500.
One of the finest buildings in Buckinghamshire is situated in this small town. Winslow Hall, which sits on the main road leading into the town from Aylesbury, is thought to have been […]

Wendover

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Wendover is a market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. The mainly arable parish is 5,832 acres (24 km²) in size and boasts many hamlets that nestle in amongst the lush forest on the surrounding hills
Today the town is very popular with commuters working in London. The popularity […]

Chesham

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the fourth largest town in the county of Buckinghamshire, with a population of some 23,000 people (behind High Wycombe with 111,000 and Aylesbury with 63,000). It is situated in the picturesque Chess Valley and surrounded by farmland, as well as being bordered […]

Buckingham

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire, England, approximately 10 miles (16.1 km) from the border with Northamptonshire. The town has a population of 11,572 (United Kingdom Census 2001), (2007 est. 13,200).
Historically, Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire, it was declared county town in the year 888 by Alfred the Great. (Aylesbury took […]

Beaconsfield

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. The town sits in the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the London commuter belt, thus the average cost of housing in the town is high. It is in the South Bucks local government district, […]

Aylesbury

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south east England. It had a population in the 2001 census of 65,173 and is part of the London commuter belt.
A notable institution is Aylesbury Grammar School, which was founded in 1598; other notable buildings are the King’s Head Inn, which with the Fleece Inn at Bretforton […]

Princes Risborough

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Princes Risborough is a small town in Buckinghamshire. It’s on the A4010 about halfway between High Wycombe and Aylesbury. The population is around 10,000. Why “Princes”? Because Edward the Black Prince apparently had a palace near St Mary’s Church. (The site is now, in the finest British tradition, a car park.) Before then, it was […]

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