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Encyclopedia > Aylesbury (HM Prison)

HM Prison Aylesbury Prison (full title Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Aylesbury) is a prison in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. It is situated on the north side of the town centre, on Bierton Road. As a Young Offender Institution it holds inmates between the ages of 17 and 21 only. Her Majestys Prison Service is the British Executive Agency reporting to the Home Office tasked with managing many of the prisons within the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in south central England. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Bierton is a village in Buckinghamshire, England about half a mile north of the town of Aylesbury. ...


The prison is of early Victorian design and has been on its present site since 1845, though there has been a prison or gaol of some description in Aylesbury since 1180. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Events April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter November 18 - France Emperor Antoku succeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon Artois is annexed by France Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between...


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Aylesbury is the County town of Buckinghamshire in south central England.
Aylesbury was declared the county town of Buckinghamshire in 1529 by King Henry VIII: Aylesbury Manor was among the many properties belonging to thomas Boleyn the father of the infamous Anne Boleyn and it is rumoured that the change was made by the king in order to curry favour with the holders of the manor.
Aylesbury's population is soon to increase further during the years 2003 and 2005 due to the inclusion of a new housing estate designed to cater for 8000 people on the North side of Aylesbury sandwiched between the A41 (Akeman Street) and the A413 and the expansion of Fairford Leys Village.
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