Buckinghamshire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin	Historic
Region	South East England
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 32nd 724 miles² (1,874 km²) Ranked 33rd 1,565 km²
Admin HQ	Aylesbury
ISO 3166-2	GB-BKM
ONS code	11
NUTS 3	UKJ13
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 31st 700,100 374 / km² Ranked 29th 481,600
Ethnicity	91.7% White 4.3% S.Asian 1.6% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Buckinghamshire County Council http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/
Executive	Conservative
Members of Parliament	John Bercow Cheryl Gillan Paul Goodman Dominic Grieve Mark Lancaster David Lidington Phyllis Starkey
Districts
South Bucks Chiltern Wycombe Aylesbury Vale Milton Keynes (Unitary)

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Divisions and environs

The area under the control of Buckinghamshire County Council, or shire county, is divided into four districts - Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and forms part of the county for various functions such as Lord Lieutenant but does not come under county council control. The ceremonial county, the area including Milton Keynes, borders Greater London, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. A shire county or non-metropolitan county in England, is a county level entity which is not a metropolitan county. ... The Aylesbury Vale (or Vale of Aylesbury) is a large area of flat land largely to be found in Buckinghamshire, England. ... The Chiltern District is one of four local government district of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... South Bucks is one of four local government districts in Buckinghamshire, in south central England. ... Wycombe is an local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region. ... Flag of a Lord-Lieutenant The title Lord-Lieutenant is given to the British monarchs personal representatives around the United Kingdom. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... Berks redirects here. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ...

Physical geography

Highest points

The county includes the Chiltern Hills to the South and the Vale of Aylesbury to the north. At 876 feet (267 m) above sea level, the two highest points are Coombe Hill near Wendover, and Haddington Hill in Wendover Woods, Buckinghamshire, near Wendover where a stone marks the summit. The Chiltern Hills are a chalk escarpment that stretches in a south-west to north-east diagonal from Goring-On-Thames to Luton, but is most prominent in Buckinghamshire. ... The Aylesbury Vale (or Vale of Aylesbury) is a large area of flat land largely to be found in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Coombe Hill is a hill in The Chilterns, located near the town of Wendover, and overlooks Aylesbury Vale. ... Location within the British Isles Wendover is a picturesque market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. ...

History

Main article: History of Buckinghamshire.

The name Buckinghamshire is Anglo Saxon in origin and means The district (scire) of Bucca's home. Bucca's home refers to Buckingham in the north of the county, and is named after an Anglo-Saxon landowner. The county has been so named since about the 12th century; however, the county itself has existed since it was a subdivision of the kingdom of Mercia (585–919). The name Buckinghamshire is Anglo Saxon and means The district (scire) of Buccas home. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... Statistics Population: 11,572 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP695335 Administration District: Aylesbury Vale Shire county: Buckinghamshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Buckinghamshire Historic county: Buckinghamshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office... Forms of government Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A monarchy, from the Greek μονος, one, and αρχειν, to rule, is a form of government that has a monarch as head of state(KING)In most monarchies the monarch usually reigns as head of state for life; this is... The Kingdom of Mercia at its greatest extent (7th to 9th centuries) is shown in green, with the original core area (6th century) given a darker tint. ...

Some of the settlements in Buckinghamshire date back much further than the Anglo-Saxon period. Aylesbury, for example, is known to date back at least as far as 1500 B.C.. There are a wealth of places that still have their Brythonic names (Penn, Wendover), or a compound of Brythonic and Anglo Saxon (Brill, Chetwode, Great Brickhill) and there are pre-Roman earthworks all over the county. Also, one of the most legendary kings of the Britons, Cunobelinus, had a castle in the area (the earthworks of which still remain) and lent his name to the group of villages known as the Kimbles. (Redirected from 1500 BC) Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC Events and Trends Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England The element Mercury has been... Brythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). ... Penn is a village in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, about 3 miles (5 km) north west of Beaconsfield and 4 miles (6 km) east of High Wycombe. ... Location within the British Isles Wendover is a picturesque market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... Chetwode is a village in west Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Oxfordshire. ... Great Brickhill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Principal sites in Roman Britain Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... In civil engineering, earthworks are engineering works created through the moving of massive quantities of soil or unformed stone. ... Languages Cornish, Dgèrnésiais, English, French, Irish, Jèrriais, Manx, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh Religions Anglican, Presbyterianism, Roman Catholicism Related ethnic groups Americans, Australians, Belongers, Canadians, Channel Islanders, Cornish, English, Irish, Manx, New Zealanders, Scottish, Welsh British people, or Britons,[7] are inhabitants of Great Britain[8][9] or... Cunobelinus (also written Kynobellinus, Cunobelin) was a historical king of the Catuvellauni tribe of pre-Roman Britain. ... Pierrefonds Castle, France Castle has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Great Kimble Church The Kimbles are a group of English villages to the south of Aylesbury in the county of Buckinghamshire, sitting at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. ...

The Roman influence on Buckinghamshire is most widely felt in the Roman roads that cross the county. Watling Street and Akeman Street both cross the county from east to west, and the Icknield Way follows the line of the Chiltern Hills. The first two were important trade routes linking London with other parts of Roman Britain, and the latter was used as a line of defence, though it may have been an extension of a much older road. A Roman road in Pompeii Road Construction on Trajans Column The Roman roads were essential for the growth of the Roman empire, by enabling the Romans to move armies. ... The modern Watling Street crossing the Medway at Rochester near the Roman and Celt crossings Watling Street is the name given to a British ancient trackway which was first used by the Celts mainly between the modern cities of Canterbury and St Albans. ... Akeman Street was a major Roman road in England that linked London to the Fosse Way at Cirencester. ... The Icknield Way is one of the oldest roads in Britain, being one of the few long-distance trackways to have existed before the Romans occupied the country. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The single group of people who probably had the greatest influence on Buckinghamshire's history, however, are the Anglo-Saxons. Not only did they give the county and most of the places within it their names, but the modern geography of the county is largely as it was in the Anglo-Saxon period. One of the great battles worthy of mention in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was fought between Cerdic of Wessex and the Britons at Chearsley, no fewer than three saints from this period were born in Quarrendon and in the late Anglo-Saxon period a royal palace was established at Brill. The sheer wealth in the county was worthy of note when the Domesday Survey was taken in 1086. Buckinghamshire was subdivided into 18 hundreds at the time of the Domesday Book. These later consolidated to eight — Aylesbury, Ashendon, Buckingham, Burnham, Cottesloe, Desborough, Newport and Stoke. Burnham, Desborough and Stoke are collectively known as the Chiltern Hundreds and are used as a pretext for resignation from the House of Commons. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Great Britain. ... Cerdic of Wessex (c. ... Chearsley is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are often depicted as having halos. ... Quarrendon is an ancient village on the outskirts of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. ... The quintessential medieval European palace: Palais de la Cité, in Paris, the royal palace of France. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and New England, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... The hundred of Desborough is one of the three Chiltern Hundreds in Buckinghamshire, England. ... The Chiltern Hundreds date back to the 13th century. ... Members of Parliament of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. ...

The Plantagenets continued to take advantage of the wealth of the county. William the Conqueror annexed most of the manors for himself and his family: Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, William's half brother, became a major landowner locally. Many ancient hunts became the king's property (worthy of note are Bernwood Forest, Whaddon Chase and Princes Risborough) as did all the wild swans of England. The ancient tradition of breeding swans in Buckinghamshire for the king's pleasure later provided the heraldic supporter for the county's coat of arms (see below). Angevin is the name applied to two distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... Generic plan of a mediaeval manor; open-field strip farming, some enclosures, triennial crop rotation, demesne and manse, common woodland, pasturage and meadow Manorialism or Seigneurialism is the organization of rural economy and society in medieval western and parts of central Europe, characterised by the vesting of legal and economic... Odo of Bayeux (c. ... Hunter and Huntress redirect here. ... Bernwood was one of several forests of the ancient kingdom of England. ... Whaddon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Princes Risborough is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 9 miles south of Aylesbury and 9 miles north west of High Wycombe. ... Species 6-7 living, see text. ... Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ...

Another flush of annexations of local manors to the Crown accompanied the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536), when almost a third of the county became the personal property of King Henry VIII, to dispose of at his pleasure. Henry VIII was also responsible for making Aylesbury the county town over Buckingham, which he did to curry favour with Thomas Boleyn so that he could marry his daughter Anne. Another of Henry's wives, Catherine Parr, also had a sphere of influence within the county. Throughout the Commonwealth Realms The Crown is an abstract concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government. ... dissolution see Dissolution. ... Silver groat of Henry VIII, minted c. ... Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and 1st Earl of Ormonde (about 1477 - 12 March 1538/9), was a Tudor diplomat and politician and the father of Anne Boleyn, the second Queen of King Henry VIII. He was born and buried at the family home, Hever Castle. ... Anne Boleyn, 1st Marquess of Pembroke[1] (ca. ... Catherine Parr (c. ...

In the English Civil War (1642–1649) Buckinghamshire was mostly Parliamentarian, although some pockets of Royalism did exist. The Parliamentarian hero John Hampden was from Buckinghamshire, and he helped defend Aylesbury in battle in 1642. Some villages to the west of the county (Brill and Boarstall for example) were under constant conflict for the duration of the war, given their equidistance between Parliamentarian Aylesbury and Royalist Oxford. Many of these places were effectively wiped off the map from the conflict, but have since been rebuilt. The English Civil War consisted of a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians (known as Roundheads) and Royalists (known as Cavaliers) between 1642 and 1651. ... English parliament in front of the king c. ... Prince Rupert of the Rhine Cavaliers was the name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War (1642–1651). ... John Hampden as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book John Hampden (circa 1595—1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before... Boarstall Tower Boarstall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England near the border with Oxfordshire. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In 1682 William Penn, whose family seat was at Penn, founded Bucks County, Pennsylvania with Quaker migrants from Buckinghamshire. Bucks County, Pennsylvania has a Buckingham, Chalfont, Wycombe and Solebury (formerly spelt Soulbury) named after the places in Buckinghamshire. William Penn William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Penn is a village in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, about 3 miles (5 km) north west of Beaconsfield and 4 miles (6 km) east of High Wycombe. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... Statistics Population: 11,572 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP695335 Administration District: Aylesbury Vale Shire county: Buckinghamshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Buckinghamshire Historic county: Buckinghamshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office... The name Chalfont could refer to: The Chalfonts - A group of three villages (Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont) in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Wycombe is an local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... Soulbury is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...

The Industrial Revolution and the arrival of the railway completely changed the landscape of certain parts of the county. Wolverton in the north (now part of Milton Keynes) became a national centre for railway carriage construction and furniture and paper industries took hold in the south. In the centre of the county, the lace industry was introduced and grew rapidly, because it gave employment to women and children from poorer families. Buckinghamshire still has good rail links to London, Birmingham and Manchester and furniture is still a major industry in parts of south Bucks. A Watt steam engine. ... Wolverton is a town in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... Tourists in a vis-a-vis, Prague The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable. ... Look up furniture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A blank sheet of paper Paper is a commodity of thin material produced by the amalgamation of fibers, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding. ... Lace appliqué and bow at the bust-line of a nightgown. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Map of Bucks (1904)

In the early to mid Victorian era a major cholera epidemic and agricultural famine took their hold on the farming industry which for so many years had been the stable mainstay for the county. Migration from the county to nearby cities and abroad was at its height at this time, and certain landowners took advantage of the cheaper land on offer that was left behind. One of the county's most influential families arrived in Bucks as a result of this, the Rothschilds, and their impact on the county's landscape was huge (see Rothschild properties in Buckinghamshire). Image File history File links Buckingham-215x334. ... Image File history File links Buckingham-215x334. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Ascension to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Cholera (frequently called Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera) is a severe diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. ... In epidemiology, an epidemic (from [[Latin language] epi- upon + demos people) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is expected, based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during... A famine is a social and economic crisis that is commonly accompanied by widespread malnutrition, starvation, epidemic and increased mortality. ... For other uses, see Farm (disambiguation). ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Of all the landowners in the Buckinghamshire area, none have had more impact on the landscape than the de Rothschild family. ...

Mass urbanisation of the very north and south of the county took place in the 20th century, which saw the new towns of Milton Keynes and Slough being formed. This was a natural extension of the industrialisation of the landscape, and provided much needed employment for many local people. Both have since become unitary authorities in their own right, reducing the land area of Buckinghamshire by almost a third. (In the local government reform of 1974, historic Buckinghamshire lost Slough and Eton to Berkshire; these areas have been administered under the unitary authorities of Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead since 1998). Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ... A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... For slough as a type of aquatic feature, see Slough (wetland). ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... For slough as a type of aquatic feature, see Slough (wetland). ... Eton is a town in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. ... The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority in Berkshire, South East England. ...

Today Buckinghamshire is considered by many to be the idyllic rural landscape of Edwardian fiction and is known colloquially as leafy Buckinghamshire. This point of view has led to many parts of the county being very popular with commuters for London, which in turn has led to an increase in the general cost of living for local people. However pockets of deprivation still remain in the county, particularly in the large towns of Aylesbury and High Wycombe. As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Chiltern Gentian as the county flower. The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Commuting is the process of travelling from a place of residence to a place of work. ... Deprivation may refer to: Poverty Sleep deprivation This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe as late as 1911[1]) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (45 kilometres) west-north-west of London, England. ... Plantlife is a U.K. plant conservation charity. ... Species See text. ... A county flower is a flowering plant chosen to symbolise a county. ...

Economy

Buckinghamshire has a modern service-based economy and is part of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire NUTS-2 region, which was the seventh richest subregion in the European Union in 2002^[1] The southern part of the county is a properous section of the London commuter belt. The county has fertile agricultural lands, with many landed estates, especially those of the Rothschild banking family of England in the 19th century (see Rothschild properties in Buckinghamshire). Manufacturing industries include furniture-making (traditionally centred at High Wycombe), pharmaceuticals and agricultural processing. The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. ... Commuters from East Anglia arrive at Liverpool Street Station The London Commuter Belt or London Metropolitan Area is the name given to the built-up area surrounding and running into Greater London but not administered as part of it. ... Landed property or landed estates is a real estate term that usually refers to a property that generates income for the owner without himself having to do the actual work at the estate. ... The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in 1798 by Nathan Mayer von Rothschild (1777-1836) who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London. ... Of all the landowners in the Buckinghamshire area, none have had more impact on the landscape than the de Rothschild family. ... Look up furniture in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe as late as 1911[1]) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (45 kilometres) west-north-west of London, England. ...

Economic output

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Buckinghamshire at current basic prices published by the Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling (except GVA index).^[2] The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government executive agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the United Kingdom at national and local levels. ...

Ethnicity

Today Buckinghamshire is a multi-cultural area, particularly in the larger towns. At the end of the nineteenth century some Welsh drover families settled in north Bucks. Aylesbury has a sizable Italian population, and Amersham has a large Polish community dating from the Second World War. Amersham is twinned with Krynica in Poland.

Lord Lieutenant

Main article: Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

Currently the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire is Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher and the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire is Alexander Boswell. The Custos rotulorum has been combined with the duties of Lord Lieutenant since 1702. All these titles cover the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire. There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. ... There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535. ... Sir Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcher is the current Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire. ... . ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to administrative counties of England. ...

Buckinghamshire County Council

Bucks County Council's County Hall

The county council was founded in 1889 with its base in new municipal buildings in Walton Street, Aylesbury (which are still there). In Buckinghamshire, local administration is run on a two-tier system where public services are split between the county council and a series of district councils. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 53 KB) Summary Buckinghamshire County Hall, Aylesbury, taken from the Canal Basin, 14th October 2005. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 53 KB) Summary Buckinghamshire County Hall, Aylesbury, taken from the Canal Basin, 14th October 2005. ... County Hall County Hall is a building in Lambeth, London, that was used as the headquarters of London County Council and later the Greater London Council (GLC). ... Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...

In the 1960s the council moved into new premises: a 15-storey tower block in the centre of Aylesbury (pictured) designed by architect Thomas Pooley. Said to be one of the most unpopular and disliked buildings in Buckinghamshire it is now a Grade II listed building. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

In 1997 the northern part of Buckinghamshire in Milton Keynes Borough separated to form a unitary authority, however for ceremonial and some other purposes Milton Keynes is still considered to be part of Buckinghamshire. The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region. ...

Arms of Buckinghamshire County Council

Arms of Buckinghamshire County Council. ... Arms of Buckinghamshire County Council. ...

Coat of arms

The coat of arms for Buckinghamshire County Council features a white swan in chains. This dates back to the Anglo Saxon period, when swans were bred in Buckinghamshire for the king's pleasure. That the swan is in chains illustrates that the swan is bound to the king, an ancient law that still applies to wild swans in the UK today. The herald was first used at the Battle of Agincourt by the Duke of Buckingham. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Species 6-7 living, see text. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Combatants Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Commanders Henry V of England Charles dAlbret Strength About 6,000 (but see Modern re-assessment). 4/5 longbowmen, 1/5 dismounted men-at-arms. ... Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402 – July 10, 1460) was best-known as a military commander in the Hundred Years War and in the Wars of the Roses. ...

Above the swan is a gold band, in the centre of which is Whiteleaf Cross, representing the many ancient landmarks of the county. The shield is mounted by a beech tree, representing the Chiltern Forest that once covered almost half the county. Either side of the shield are a buck, for Buckingham, and a swan, the county symbol. Whiteleaf is a hamlet in the parish of Monks Risborough in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Species Fagus crenata - Japanese Beech Fagus engleriana - Chinese Beech Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Fagus hayatae - Taiwan Beech Fagus japonica - Japanese Blue Beech Fagus longipetiolata - South Chinese Beech Fagus lucida - Shining Beech Fagus mexicana - Mexican Beech or Haya Fagus orientalis - Oriental Beech Fagus sylvatica - European Beech Beech (Fagus) is a genus... The Chiltern Forest is a large expanse of woodland that covers part of the Chiltern Hills in south east England. ... Buck may tf refer to any of the following: Look up Buck in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The motto of the shield says Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum. This is Latin and means 'no stepping back'. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...

Flag of Buckinghamshire, chiefly used outside County Hall

The flag of Buckinghamshire, which flies outside County Hall in Aylesbury, comprises red and black halves with a white swan. The flag takes the county emblem which is on the county shield. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Settlements

Places in Buckinghamshire

This is a list of the towns in the shire county of Buckinghamshire. For the full list of towns, villages and hamlets in Buckinghamshire, see List of places in Buckinghamshire. Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... The boundaries of Buckinghamshire have changed considerably over a number of years. ...

Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ... Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. ... Statistics Population: 11,572 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SP695335 Administration District: Aylesbury Vale Shire county: Buckinghamshire Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Buckinghamshire Historic county: Buckinghamshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: South Central Post office... Chesham is a town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. ... High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe as late as 1911[1]) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (45 kilometres) west-north-west of London, England. ... Overlooking river Thames and Marlow Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. ... Princes Risborough is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 9 miles south of Aylesbury and 9 miles north west of High Wycombe. ... Location within the British Isles Wendover is a picturesque market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Winslow is a small market town in north Buckinghamshire, in the centre of the Vale of Aylesbury. ...

Places within the historic bounds

This is a list of the towns in the historic bounds of Buckinghamshire that after various local government reorganisations are no longer administered as part of it. The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ...

• Eton and Slough (to Berkshire); Linslade (to Bedfordshire)
• In the Borough of Milton Keynes: Milton Keynes (including Bletchley, Fenny Stratford, Stony Stratford and Wolverton), Newport Pagnell, Olney. (The Borough remains part of the Ceremonial County).

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Places of interest

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	National Trust
	English Heritage
	Forestry Commission
	Country Park
	Accessible open space
	Museums (free/not free)
	Heritage railway
	Historic House

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Ashridge is an estate and house in Hertfordshire, England; part of the land stretches into Buckinghamshire and it is close to the Bedfordshire border. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... During World War II, codebreakers at Bletchley Park solved messages from a large number of Axis code and cipher systems, including the German Enigma machine. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Boarstall Tower Boarstall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England near the border with Oxfordshire. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Bradenham is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Buckingham Chantry Chapel is a 15th-century chapel located in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... Ceely House, the main building now containing the museum The Old Aylesbury Grammar School building that now houses part of the museum The Buckinghamshire County Museum is a museum in the centre of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, England. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. ... Quainton parish church and 17th century Winwood Almshouses Quainton (formerly Quainton Malet) is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about 5 miles north west of Aylesbury. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Chequers, or Chequers Court, is a large house to the south east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Chicheley is a village in the county of Milton Keynes, England, though prior to the administrative boundary change in 1995 it was in Buckinghamshire. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... Chiltern Open Air Museum is a museum of Vernacular Buildings and a tourist attraction located near Chalfont St Peter and Chalfont St. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is located to the east of Oxford, England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Claydon House Claydon House is a country house in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, close to the village of Middle Claydon. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... 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Hampden House is a country house in the village of Great Hampden, between Great Missenden and Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Hartwell is a village in central Buckinghamshire, England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village in Buckinghamshire, England, just to the north of High Wycombe. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... The Kedermister Library at Langley near Slough in Berkshire is a rare surviving example of an early 17th century parish library, preserved in situ in the decorated cupboards designed for it in 1620 in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... The Kings Head Inn is notable as being one of the oldest public house with a coaching yard in the south of England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Long Crendon Courthouse is a 15th-century two-storeyed timber frame building located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Mentmore in the 1990s Mentmore Towers is a large English country house in the village of Mentmore in Buckinghamshire. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Pitstone Windmill Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Princes Risborough Manor House is a large manor in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... The Roald Dahl Childrens Gallery is in Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. ... icon for use on UK lists of places of intrest, created by Joe D File links The following pages link to this file: Cornwall Isle of Wight Bristol Somerset Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Bedfordshire County Durham Template:EngPlacesKey Wikipedia:Counties of England List of places in Dorset Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians notice... The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England, which was the home of the childrens writer and short story writer Roald Dahl for many years until his death in 1990. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Shardeloes is a large 18th century country house 1 mile northwest of Amersham in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... The south or garden front of Stowe from Jones Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen (1819). ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... Waddesdon Manor. ... West Wycombe Caves are most famous for being used as a meeting place for members of The Hellfire Club. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... The double colonnade on the south front of West Wycombe is highly unusual in English architecture. ... Small National Trust for England logo for use on UK lists of places of interest. ... West Wycombe is an area located just north of High Wycombe in the United Kingdom and is the home of the West Wycombe Caves. ... Whiteleaf is a hamlet in the parish of Monks Risborough in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Historic House icon For use with Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. ... Winslow Hall:- The very name Winslow Hall is also the subject of an architectural debate: Who designed it? 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Famous people from Buckinghamshire

The following people are either from Buckinghamshire, have lived in Buckinghamshire, or continue to live in Buckinghamshire.

• John Archdale, (1642-1717), colonial governor of North Carolina and South Carolina, was born in Buckinghamshire.^[8]
• Nancy Astor, politician and society hostess, lived in Cliveden
• Errol Barnett, news reporter, was born in Milton Keynes
• Nick Beggs, musician, is from Winslow
• Lynda Bellingham, actress, is from Aylesbury
• President Edvard Benes of Czechoslovakia lived at Aston Abbotts during World War 2
• Emily Bergl, actress, born in Buckinghamshire, though her family moved to suburban Chicago a few years after her birth
• Cilla Black, television presenter, lives in Denham
• Enid Blyton, writer, lived in Bourne End and Beaconsfield
• Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, had a house in Wendover
• Fern Britton, television presenter, lives in Holmer Green
• Den Brotheridge, British Army Officer who died taking Pegasus Bridge in France was from Aylesbury
• Melanie Brown, musician, lived in Little Marlow
• John Craven, television presenter, lives in Princes Risborough
• Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, politician, lives in Bledlow
• James Corden, actor, grew up in Hazlemere
• Roald Dahl, writer, lived in Great Missenden
• Tess Daly has a house in Fulmer
• Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, politician, lived at Hughenden Manor
• Iain Duncan Smith, politician, lives in Swanbourne
• Ian Dury, musician, lived in Wingrave
• Noel Edmonds, television presenter, once lived in Weston Turville
• Edward the Confessor, king of England, had a palace in Brill
• T.S. Eliot, writer, lived in Marlow
• Andrew Fletcher, musician with Depeche Mode, has a home in Marlow
• Frederick, Prince of Wales lived in Cliveden
• Noel Gallagher, musician with Oasis, lives in Little Chalfont
• Sir John Gielgud, actor, was living in Wotton Underwood when he died
• Martin Grech, musician, is from Aylesbury
• John Hampden, politician, was from Great Hampden
• David Jason, actor, lives in Ellesborough
• Jerome K. Jerome, writer, lived in Marlow
• Angelina Jolie, actress, lives in Fulmer
• Howard Jones, musician, is from High Wycombe
• Jason "Jay" Kay, musician and frontman of Jamiroquai, lives in Horsenden
• Vernon Kay has a house in Fulmer
• Arthur Lasenby Liberty, merchant, was from Chesham
• John Laurie, Actor, lived in Chalfont St Peter
• Richard Lee, footballer, attended Aylesbury Grammar School
• Jonathon Lewis, England test cricketer, was born in Aylesbury
• John Mills, actor, lived in Denham
• John Milton, writer, lived in Chalfont St Giles
• Al Murray, television / radio presenter also known as The Pub Landlord originates from Stewkley
• Mike Oldfield, musician, once lived in Little Chalfont
• Ozzy Osbourne, musician, has a home in Chalfont St Peter
• Saint Osyth was from Quarrendon
• John Otway, musician, is from Aylesbury
• William Penn, politician, was from Penn
• Terry Pratchett, writer, was born in Beaconsfield
• Pauline Quirke, actress, lives in Beaconsfield
• Raymond 'Tich' Rayner, British Army Sergeant who was shot by a dead German while taking Pegasus Bridge in France lives in Aylesbury
• Tim Rice, lyricist, is from Amersham
• Andy Riley, writer, is from Aylesbury
• Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Prime Minister, lived at Mentmore
• Rothschild family, bankers, had houses in Ascott, Aston Clinton, Eythrope, Halton, Mentmore and Waddesdon
• Tiny Rowland, businessman, lived in Hedsor
• Mary Shelley, writer, lived in Marlow
• Percy Bysshe Shelley, writer, lived in Marlow
• General Sikorski, leader of the Poland, lived at Iver during the Second World War
• Simon Standage, baroque violinist, is from High Wycombe
• Jackie Stewart, racing driver, lives in Ellesborough
• Edgar Wallace, writer and journalist, lived in Bourne End and is buried in Little Marlow
• Edmund Waller, poet, was from Amersham
• Roger of Wendover, chronicler, was from Wendover
• John Wilkes, an English radical, journalist and politician
• Terry Wogan, radio and television broadcaster, lives in Taplow
• John Wyclif, theologian, lived in Ludgershall
• King Zog of Albania, lived at Frieth near High Wycombe during the Second World War
• Hayley Mills and Roy Boulting lived in Ibstone

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James Corden is an English actor who has performed on stage, film, television and radio. ... Hazlemere is a suburb of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England and within Wycombe District. ... Roald Dahl (IPA: ) (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Norwegian novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults. ... Great Missenden is a village in the valley of the river Misbourne in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire between Amersham and Wendover. ... Tess Daly and Brian Dowling, presenting SMTV Live . ... Fulmer is a village in south Buckinghamshire, England. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (December 21, 1804 – April 19, 1881), born Benjamin DIsraeli was a British Conservative statesman and literary figure. ... Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village in Buckinghamshire, England, just to the north of High Wycombe. ... Rt. ... Swanbourne is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Ian Dury, in a look combining Gene Vincent with a Cockney pearly king. ... Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Edmonds presenting Top of the Pops Noel Ernest Edmonds (born December 22, 1948 in Ilford) is an English television presenter, DJ and executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in England. ... Weston Turville is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... Overlooking river Thames and Marlow Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. ... Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1653-1716) was a Scottish writer, politician and patriot. ... Depeche Mode are a popular electronic band formed in 1980 in Essex, England. ... Overlooking river Thames and Marlow Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. ... The Prince Frederick, Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis; 1 February 1707 – 31 March 1751) was a member of the British Royal Family, the eldest son of King George II. He was born into the House of Hanover and, under the Act of Settlement passed by the English Parliament, Frederick was... View looking north from the Ring in the Parterre showing Terrace Pavilion and Clock Tower to the left with Lower Terrace and Borghese Balustrade below Cliveden should not be confused with Clevedon in Somerset Cliveden as seen from its lawn. ... Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Burnage, Manchester, England) is the lead songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. ... Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991. ... Map sources for Little Chalfont at grid reference SU995975 Little Chalfont is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning English theatre and film actor, and is generally regarded as one of the great British actors in history. ... Wotton Underwood is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Martin Grech (pronounced ‘Greck’) is a Maltese-English singer, songwriter and musician from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, born in 1983. ... Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... John Hampden as depicted in the 1851 Illustrated London Reading Book John Hampden (circa 1595—1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before... Great Hampden and Little Hampden are two villages in Buckinghamshire, England, about three miles south-east of Princes Risborough. ... David Jason in A Touch of Frost. ... Ellesborough is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... Overlooking river Thames and Marlow Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. ... Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ... Fulmer is a village in south Buckinghamshire, England. ... Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones, 23 February 1955) is an English singer and songwriter. ... High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe as late as 1911[1]) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (45 kilometres) west-north-west of London, England. ... Jason Kay, real name Jason Cheetman and also known as Jay Kay (born on December 30, 1969 in Stretford, Manchester) is a British funk musician, based in Britain. ... Jamiroquai (A portmanteau of Jam, as in the musical sense, and iroquai, loosely based on the native American Indian tribe the Iroquois who Jay Kay admires for their philosophy and reverance of the Earth) is a Grammy Award-winning English acid jazz band. ... Horsenden is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Vernon Charles Kay (born 28 April 1974, in Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom) is an English television presenter and DJ who was in an advert for crisps. ... Fulmer is a village in south Buckinghamshire, England. ... Arthur Lasenby Liberty (August 13, 1843 _ May 11, 1917) was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Chesham is a town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. ... John Laurie (25 March 1897 - 23 June 1980) was an actor born in Dumfries, Scotland. ... Map sources for Chalfont St Peter at grid reference TQ000908 Chalfont St Peter is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... Richard Lee is an English goalkeeper who plays for Blackburn Rovers FC. He was signed on loan from Watford fc in August 2005 with the option of a permanent move come the end of the season. ... The Geography (l) and Maths blocks by the school field Aylesbury Grammar School is a single-sex male grammar school which educates 1,250 pupils. ... Jonathan Jon Lewis (born 26 August 1975 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is an English cricketer who has played county cricket for Gloucestershire since his first-class debut in 1995, becoming captain in 2006. ... Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... John Mills as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the Thames Television science-fiction serial Quatermass (1979). ... Denham is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... For other persons named John Milton, see John Milton (disambiguation). ... Map sources for Chalfont St Giles at grid reference SU985935 Chalfont St Giles is a village in south east Buckinghamshire in the United Kingdom, on the edge of the Chilterns, 25 miles from London, and near to Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham. ... Al Murray (born May 10, 1968) is an English comedian best known for his stand-up persona, the Pub Landlord, a stereotypical xenophobic public house licensee, and indeed earlier in his career he performed in pubs as though it were genuinely his gaff. Murray has toured with other comedians (including... Stewkley is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music and more recently dance. ... Map sources for Little Chalfont at grid reference SU995975 Little Chalfont is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Map sources for Chalfont St Peter at grid reference TQ000908 Chalfont St Peter is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... In traditional Christian iconography, Saints are often depicted as having halos. ... Osyth (died 653 AD) was an English saint. ... Quarrendon is an ancient village on the outskirts of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Otway at Glastonbury Festival, 2002. ... Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... William Penn William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Penn is a village in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, about 3 miles (5 km) north west of Beaconsfield and 4 miles (6 km) east of High Wycombe. ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]) is an English fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series. ... Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. ... ... 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Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister, also known as Archibald Primrose (1847-1851) and Lord Dalmeny (1851-1868). ... Mentmore Village Green. ... The Mayer Amschel Rothschild family (often referred to simply as The Rothschilds; German ; anglicized pronunciation ), is an eminent international banking and finance dynasty of German Jewish origin that established operations across Europe, and was ennobled by the Austrian and British governments. ... Ascott is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Wing in Buckinghamshire, England. ... dcdc ... Eythrope (previously Ethorp) is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Halton is a small village in Buckinghamshire, England close to Wendover. ... Mentmore Village Green. ... Waddesdon is a village in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles from Aylesbury on the A41. ... Roland Tiny Rowland Roland Tiny Rowland (1917 - 1998) was a British businessman and chairman of the Lonrho conglomerate from 1962 to 1994. ... Hedsor is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... Overlooking river Thames and Marlow Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. ... Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822; pronounced ) was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among the finest lyrical poets of the English language. ... Overlooking river Thames and Marlow Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. ... Iver is located in the south-east corner of the county of Buckinghamshire and it forms one of the largest parishes in the South Bucks district. ... Simon Andrew Thomas Standage (born 8th November 1941 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is an English violinist and conductor best known for playing and conducting music of the baroque and classical eras on original instruments. ... High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe as late as 1911[1]) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (45 kilometres) west-north-west of London, England. ... Jackie Stewart talks with fans at the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis. ... Ellesborough is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Edgar Wallace pictured on a 1929 cover of Time The Mixer (1927), 1962 Arrow paperback edition. ... Bourne End is a village in the parish of Wooburn, in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Little Marlow is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Edmund Waller (March 3, 1606 – October 21, 1687) was an English poet. ... Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ... Roger of Wendover (d. ... Location within the British Isles Wendover is a picturesque market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sir Michael Terence Wogan KBE (b August 3, 1938, County Limerick, Ireland), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has mainly worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career. ... Taplow is a village near Maidenhead, in England. ... Wycliffe may also refer to Wycliffe Bible Translators John Wyclif (also Wycliffe or Wycliff) (c. ... Ludgershall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Frieth is a hamlet in the parish of Hambleden, in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Hayley Catherine Rose Vivian Mills (born April 18, 1946) is an English actress. ... John and Roy Boulting were English film producers and directors. ... Ibstone (previously Ipstone) is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...

See also

• Wikipedia images of Buckinghamshire
• Bucks County, Pennsylvania
• Wendover Woods
• Architecture of Aylesbury

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Wendover Woods is an area of woodland on the north edge of the Chiltern Hills. ... An 18th century street, Aylesbury. ...

References

Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about:

Buckinghamshire

1. ^ Regional GDP per capita in the EU25 GDP per capita in 2002 ranged from 32% of the EU25 average in Lubelskie to 315% in Inner London
2. ^ Office of National Statistics (pp.240-253)
3. ^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
4. ^ includes hunting and forestry
5. ^ includes energy and construction
6. ^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
7. ^ UK average index base = 100
8. ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 

Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ...

External links

• Buckinghamshire Family History Society
• Buckinghamshire Tourist Guide
• Bucks Free Press Local Newspaper
• Buckinghamshire County Council
• Bucks County and District Councils Portal
• Bucks Travel Information
• Buckinghamshire Chilterns University Collage
• Information about Buckinghamshire schools entrance exams
• Photographic Archive of Buckinghamshire
• Country Parks of Buckinghamshire
• Country Walks and Rights of Way of Buckinghamshire
• Walks by bus and rail in Buckinghamshire

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Counties of the Lieutenancies Act 1997 Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... The Lieutenancies Act 1997 (1997 c. ...

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View from Cumberland Basin of the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the Avon Gorge Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and Newport. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... Cornwall (Cornish: ) is a county in South West England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), created in 1974, is a county in the North West region of England. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... “Devonshire” redirects here. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... The East Riding of Yorkshire is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England and has a population of 2. ... Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ... Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county and unitary district (known as County of Herefordshire) in the West Midlands region of England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom and part of the East of England Government Office region. ... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... This article is about the county in England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ... The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Northumberland is a county in northern England. ... North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county, located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England in the United Kingdom, and a ceremonial county in that region and also partly in North East England. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in the South East of England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Oakham Castle Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is an English county in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ... Not to be confused with Surry. ... Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. ... A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced //, //, or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ...

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Counties that originate prior to 1889 Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ...

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