Buckinghamshire
Princes Risborough
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Princes 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.
Before then, it was “Great Risborough” on the same pattern as Great Missenden, and there was a […]
Marlow
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Marlow is an attractive town in the English county of Buckinghamshire. The town is situated on the River Thames in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, some 30 miles (50 km) west of London.
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Marlow Bridge - a very attractive suspension bridge built 1829 and 1832 by the same engineer that built the Széchenyi Chain […]
High Wycombe
Thursday, July 17th, 2008High Wycombe is a hilly town in the county of Buckinghamshire in England.
High Wycombe is easy to reach: it is on the railway line from Birmingham to London Marylebone and served by both local and fast trains. It is located just off the M40 motorway, and served by buses to and from many of the […]
Winslow
Monday, May 19th, 2008Winslow 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, 2008Wendover 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, 2008Chesham 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, 2008Buckingham 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 […]