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Princes Risborough
By admin | July 17, 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.
Before then, it was “Great Risborough” on the same pattern as Great Missenden, and there was a Little Risborough, which changed its name to Monks Risborough as it had a monastery (no longer extant).
See
The High Street and Duke Street - some old buildings and good local shops among the vast number of estate agents. Note the Trumpton-style market square.
The Manor House - National Trust property, open by prior arrangement.
St Mary’s church - the spire is visible from almost anywhere in town and parts of the church are quite old, though there are no particular features that would get it into a list of churches to visit. Outside the church by the Mount car park is a sign about the Black Prince’s Palace.
Manor Park Avenue and Church Lane are worth walking along for some nice private houses, and one cottage in Church Lane has a plaque commemorating Amy Johnson the aviator.
Red kites: the population started from a breeding programme to the west has reached Risborough, and you can quite often count six or more kites soaring above the town.
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