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Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury. Image:EnglandBuckinghamshire. ...
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. ...
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ...
The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ...
South East England is one of the official regions of England. ...
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This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area. ...
A square mile is an Imperial unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, 1,609. ...
To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
This is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area, that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. ...
St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
The ISO 3166-2 codes for the United Kingdom correspond to the nations administrative divisions. ...
The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ...
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative division of countries for statistical purposes. ...
Density (symbol: Ï - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ...
This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics, unrounded figures published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in the Entitlement Notification Reports for Revenue Support Grants [1]. See also: List of Administrative shire counties of...
This is a list of non-metropolitan counties of England by population. ...
The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...
This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ...
John Simon Bercow (born January 19, 1963), is a politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Buckingham. ...
Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan (born April 21, 1952, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, Mrs John Leeming) is a United Kingdom politician and has been Conservative Member of Parliament for Chesham and Amersham since 1992. ...
Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman (born 17 November 1959, London) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve QC MP (born 24 May 1956) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, currently the shadow Attorney General and Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield. ...
Mark Lancaster is a British Conservative Party politician. ...
David Roy Lidington (June 30, 1956) is a Conservative Party poltitician in the United Kingdom, and has been member of Parliament for Aylesbury since 1992. ...
Dr Phyllis Margaret Starkey (born 4 January 1947, Ipswich as Phyllis Margaret Williams) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...
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South Bucks is one of four local government districts in Buckinghamshire, in south central England. ...
The Chiltern District is one of four local government district of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
Wycombe is an local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
The Aylesbury Vale (or Vale of Aylesbury) is a large area of flat land largely to be found in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
The Borough of Milton Keynes is a borough in England. ...
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South East England is one of the official regions of England. ...
A county town is the location of the administrative headquarters of a county. ...
St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
Buckinghamshire is divided into four districts, Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. The ceremonial county (which is based on the post-1974 administrative county) also includes Milton Keynes. For the traditional county boundaries, see History of Buckinghamshire. 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 borough in England. ...
The name Buckinghamshire is Anglo Saxon and means The district (scire) of Buccas home. ...
The ceremonial county borders onto those of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire and Greater London. In the local government reform of 1974, Buckinghamshire lost Slough and Eton to Berkshire; these areas have been administered under the unitary authorities of Slough and Windsor and Maidenhead since 1998. Milton Keynes and district became a unitary authority in 1997. Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east 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, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...
Berkshire (IPA: or ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ...
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Slough (pronounced ) is a town and unitary authority in the county of Berkshire in the south of England. ...
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. ...
The Borough of Milton Keynes is a borough in England. ...
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. ...
It is an agricultural county, covering part of the Chiltern Hills to the South and the Vale of Aylesbury to the north. The highest point is Coombe Hill near Wendover at 876 feet (267 m) above sea level. It has fertile agricultural lands, with many landed estates, especially those of the Rothschild family in the 19th century (see Rothschild properties in Buckinghamshire). Industry is mainly agricultural, with furniture-making traditionally centred at High Wycombe, pharmaceuticals, service and distribution industries. There are some residential commuter areas for London in the south. 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. ...
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. ...
Rothschild is a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. ...
Of all the landowners in the Buckinghamshire area, none have had more impact on the landscape than the de Rothschild family. ...
Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ...
High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (46. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...
History
- Main article: History of Buckinghamshire.
The name Buckinghamshire is Anglo Saxon 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. ...
The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ...
Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire approximately 10 miles from the border with Northamptonshire. ...
A monarchy, (from the Greek monos, one, and archein, to rule) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ...
Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. ...
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 CE. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia. ...
In civil engineering, earthworks are engineering works created through the moving of massive quantities of soil or unformed stone. ...
Look up Briton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A Briton, in broad terms, is an inhabitant of the geographical region of Great Britain. ...
Cunobelinus (also written Kynobellinus, Cunobelin) was a historical king of the Catuvellauni tribe of pre-Roman Britain. ...
The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ...
A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
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 The Romans, for military, commercial and political reasons, became adept at constructing roads, which they called viae (plural of singular via). ...
Watling Street was a Roman road which went from Dover on the southeast coast of England and is generally believed to have terminated at Viroconium (now Wroxeter in Shropshire). ...
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. ...
The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city 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. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals narrating the history of the English and their settlement in Britain. ...
Cerdic of Wessex (c. ...
Chearsley is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
In general, the term Saint refers to someone who is exceptionally virtuous and holy. ...
Quarrendon is both the name of an ancient village on the outskirts of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire and the name of a large housing estate that forms part of Aylesbury. ...
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. ...
Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ...
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 describes 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. ...
A hunter on horseback shoots at deer or elk with a bow. ...
Bernwood was one of several forests of the ancient kingdom of England. ...
Whaddon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Location within the British Isles Princes Risborough is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 6 miles south of Aylesbury and 8 miles north of High Wycombe. ...
Genera Cygnus Coscoroba Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. ...
Heraldry is the science and art of designing, displaying, describing and recording coats-of-arms (also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms). Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their...
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. The Crown is a term which is used to separate the government authority and property of the state in a kingdom from any personal influence and private assets held by the current Monarch. ...
The Dissolution of the Monasteries (referred to by Roman Catholic writers as the Suppression of the Monasteries) was the formal process, taking place between 1538 and 1541, by which King Henry VIII confiscated the property of the Roman Catholic monastic institutions in England and took them to himself, as the...
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...
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. ...
A portrait of Anne painted some years after her death Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (c. ...
The dignified Catherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIIIs wives, was married more than any other queen, four times. ...
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 term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between English Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ...
A parliamentarian is a specialist in parliamentary procedure. ...
The noun or adjective, Royalist, can have several shades of meaning. ...
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. ...
Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...
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 (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...
Penn is the name of the following places: Penn, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Penn, West Midlands United Kingdom Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania, United States Penn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States Penn is a common name used for the University of Pennsylvania Penn State is a common name used for The...
Bucks County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ...
The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ...
Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire approximately 10 miles from the border with Northamptonshire. ...
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. The Industrial Revolution was one of the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural changes in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labour to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ...
Wolverton is a town now in Milton Keynes, England. ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (pronounced ) is a purpose-built, high technology city in South East England. ...
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. ...
Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ...
Piece of paper Paper is a thin, flat material produced by the compression of fibers (or fibres). ...
White lace is often used in collars and other fabric borders. ...
The city from above Centenary Square. ...
Manchester is a city in the North West of England, UK. The place is named from the old British name Mamucium plus ceaster, derived from the old Latin Castra. Manchester is a metropolitan borough with city status. ...
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). Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
Cholera (also called Asiatic cholera) is an infectious disease, caused by bacteria that are typically ingested by drinking water that is contaminated by improper sanitation, or by eating improperly cooked fish, especially shellfish. ...
In epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek 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...
A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are so undernourished that death by starvation becomes increasingly common. ...
Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...
Sydney, Australia at Night. ...
Rothschild is a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. ...
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. Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ...
A New town or 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. ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (pronounced ) is a purpose-built, high technology city in South East England. ...
Slough (pronounced ) is a town and unitary authority in the county of Berkshire in the south of England. ...
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. ...
Today Buckinghamshire is considered by many to be the idyllic rural landscape of Edwardian fiction and is known colloquially as leafy Bucks. 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. 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. ...
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High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (46. ...
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). ...
Administration The modern county of Buckinghamshire is administered by Buckinghamshire County Council. 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. St Marys Church, Aylesbury 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. Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ...
Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...
In 1997 the northern part of Buckinghamshire in Milton Keynes Borough separated to form its own single-tier local administration system however for ceremonial and some other purposes Milton Keynes is still considered to be part of Buckinghamshire. The Borough of Milton Keynes is a borough in England. ...
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. Heraldry is the science and art of designing, displaying, describing and recording coats-of-arms (also referred to as armorial bearings or simply as arms). Its origins lie in the need to distinguish participants in battles or jousts and to describe the various devices they carried or painted on their...
Genera Cygnus Coscoroba Swans are large water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. ...
Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A monarch (see sovereign) is a type of ruler or head of state. ...
Combatants Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Commanders Henry V of England Jean Le Maingre Charles dAlbret Strength 6,000-9,000 troops 12,000-50,000 troops Casualties 100-500 5,000-8,000 with over 1,000 prisoners {{{notes}}} The Battle of Agincourt (French: Bataille dAzincourt...
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 stag and a swan. 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. ...
Genera About 15 in 4 subfamilies. ...
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 the region around Rome called Latium. ...
Places in Buckinghamshire This is a list of the towns in the county of Buckinghamshire. For the full list of towns, villages and hamlets in Buckinghamshire, see List of places in Buckinghamshire. Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...
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. ...
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. Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ...
St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
Location within the British Isles Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 30 miles NW of London. ...
Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire approximately 10 miles from the border with Northamptonshire. ...
Looking over Chesham from Milton Road (on the hill) Chesham is a town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England, the fourth largest in the county, and is situated in the Chess Valley. ...
High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (46. ...
Overlooking river Thames and Marlow Marlow (previously Great Marlow or Chipping Marlow) is a town on the very southern tip of Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Location within the British Isles Princes Risborough is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 6 miles south of Aylesbury and 8 miles north 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. ...
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Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ...
The hundred of Desborough is one of the three Chiltern Hundreds in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
The Chiltern Hundreds date back to the 13th century. ...
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Places traditionally in Buckinghamshire This is a list of the towns in the traditional county of Buckinghamshire that after various local government reorganisations are no longer adminstered by it. For the full list of towns, villages and hamlets in Buckinghamshire see List of places in Buckinghamshire. The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ...
Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
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The boundaries of Buckinghamshire have changed considerably over a number of years. ...
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. ...
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Bletchley is a town in what is now Milton Keynes new city. ...
Fenny Stratford is a town in the Unitary Authority of Milton Keynes, in England. ...
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Wolverton is a town now in Milton Keynes, England. ...
Map sources for Newport Pagnell at grid reference SP873437 Newport Pagnell is a town in the traditional county of Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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Slough (pronounced ) is a town and unitary authority in the county of Berkshire in the south of England. ...
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Ascott is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Wing in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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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. ...
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During World War II, British and American cryptographers at Bletchley Park broke a large number of Axis codes and ciphers, including the German Enigma machine. ...
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Boarstall Tower Boarstall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England near the border with Oxfordshire. ...
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Bradenham is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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Buckingham Chantry Chapel is a 15th-century chapel located in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property. ...
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Quainton railway station at Quainton in Buckinghamshire, England was the northern terminus of the Wotton (later Brill) Tramway. ...
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. ...
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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. ...
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Chicheley is a village in the county of Milton Keynes, England, though prior to the administrative boundary change in 1995 it was in Buckinghamshire. ...
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The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is located to the east of Oxford, England. ...
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Claydon House Claydon House is a country house in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, close to the village of Middle Claydon. ...
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Cliveden is a mansion in Berkshire (though until the county borders changed in 1974 it was in Buckinghamshire) with an intriguing history. ...
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Coombe Hill is a hill in The Chilterns, located near the town of Wendover, and overlooks Aylesbury Vale. ...
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Dorneywood is a moderately large Queen Anne style house built in 1920, near Burnham in Buckinghamshire. ...
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Halton House viewed from the north Halton House is a country house situated in the Chiltern Hills above the village of Halton in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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Hampden House is a country house in the village of Great Hampden, between Great Missenden and Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire. ...
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Hartwell is a village in central Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village in Buckinghamshire, England, just to the north of High Wycombe. ...
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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. ...
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The Kings Head Inn is notable as being one of the oldest public house with a coaching yard in the south of England. ...
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Long Crendon Courthouse is a 15th-century two-storeyed timber frame building located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, and now a National Trust property. ...
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Mentmore Towers is a large English country house in the village of Mentmore in Buckinghamshire. ...
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Pitstone Windmill Pitstone Windmill stands in the north east corner of a large field near the parish boundary of Ivinghoe and Pitstone in Buckinghamshire. ...
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Princes Risborough Manor House is a large manor in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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The Roald Dahl Childrens Gallery is in Church Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. ...
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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. ...
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Shardeloes is a large 18th century country house 1 mile northwest of Amersham in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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Waddesdon Manor is a mansion at Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire, built between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898) of the Rothschild banking dynasty, who was Member of Parliament for nearby Aylesbury. ...
West Wycombe Caves are most famous for being used as a meeting place for members of The Hellfire Club. ...
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West Wycombe Park is a country house near the village of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. ...
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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. ...
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Winslow Hall:- The very name Winslow Hall is also the subject of an architectural debate: Who designed it? Winslow Hall was built in 1700 by Secretary Lowndes. So claims the Magnus Brittannia, with no mention of an architect. ...
Wycombe Abbey is an independent boarding school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ...
Famous people from Buckinghamshire The following people are either from Buckinghamshire, have lived in Buckinghamshire, or continue to live in Buckinghamshire. - 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
- Cilla Black, television presenter, lives in Denham
- Enid Blyton, writer, lived in Beaconsfield
- Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII, had a house in Wendover
- Melanie Brown, musician, lives in Little Marlow
- John Craven, television presenter, lives in Princes Risborough
- Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, politician, lives in Bledlow
- 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
- Frederick, Prince of Wales lived in Cliveden
- Noel Gallagher, musician, 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 Wendover
- 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 Milton, writer, lived in Chalfont St Giles
- Mike Oldfield, musician, once lived in Little Chalfont
- Ozzy Osbourne, musician, has a house 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
- 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
- Mary Shelley, writer, lived in Marlow
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, writer, lived in Marlow
- Jackie Stewart, racing driver, lives in Ellesborough
- Edmund Waller, poet, was from Amersham
- Roger of Wendover, chronicler, was from Wendover
- John Wilkes, an English radical, journalist and politician
- John Wyclif, theologian, lived in Ludgershall
Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (May 19, 1879 - May 2, 1964) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent Astor family. ...
Cliveden is a mansion in Berkshire (though until the county borders changed in 1974 it was in Buckinghamshire) with an intriguing history. ...
Errol Barnett at the 76th Academy Awards Errol Barnett anchors for Channel One News. ...
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Nick Beggs (born December 15, 1961) has pursued his own musical career since Kaja (post Kajagoogoo) split up. ...
Location within the British Isles Winslow is a small market town in north Buckinghamshire, in the centre of the Vale of Aylesbury. ...
Lynda Bellingham (born May 31, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-born actress. ...
St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
Cilla Black, in a still from an interview done in 2000. ...
Denham is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Enid Mary Blyton (August 11, 1897 – November 28, 1968) was a British childrens author. ...
Location within the British Isles Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 30 miles NW of London. ...
A portrait of Anne painted some years after her death Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (c. ...
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...
Location within the British Isles Wendover is a picturesque market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Melanie Janine Brown (born May 29, 1975, Leeds) is a British singer who shot to fame in the late 1990s with the girl group the Spice Girls. ...
Little Marlow is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
John Craven OBE (born in Leeds on August 16, 1941) is a BBC television presenter and former news anchor. ...
Location within the British Isles Princes Risborough is a town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 6 miles south of Aylesbury and 8 miles north of High Wycombe. ...
The Right Honourable Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC,DL (born 6 June 1919) is a British Conservative politician and served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as Secretary-General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. ...
Bledlow is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954 Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist and short story author 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. ...
The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British 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. ...
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For the suburb of Perth, Western Australia see Swanbourne. ...
Ian Dury (May 12, 1942 – March 27, 2000) was a rock and roll singer, songwriter, and bandleader. ...
Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Edmonds presenting Top of the Pops Noel Edmonds (born December 22, 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British DJ, television presenter and executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. // Radio career Edmonds began his broadcasting career with 1968 on Radio Luxembourg, before moving to BBC...
Weston Turville is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. ...
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. ...
His Royal Highness The Prince Frederick, Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis) (February 1, 1707 - March 31, 1751) was the only man of that name ever to hold the title Prince of Wales, and is best remembered as the father of King George III of the United Kingdom and as the...
Cliveden is a mansion in Berkshire (though until the county borders changed in 1974 it was in Buckinghamshire) with an intriguing history. ...
Noel Gallagher on stage with Oasis Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967) is the lead songwriter, guitarist and sometime lead-singer with the British rock band Oasis. ...
Map sources for Little Chalfont at grid reference SU995975 Little Chalfont is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ...
John Gielgud as photographed in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (April 14, 1904–May 21, 2000) was an English theatre and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest of his time. ...
Wotton Underwood is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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St Marys Church, Aylesbury 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. ...
Location within the British Isles Wendover is a picturesque market town that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills 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. ...
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Fulmer is a village in south Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Howard Jones (born John Howard Jones on February 23, 1955) is an English singer and songwriter. ...
High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe) South Buckinghamshire, is 29 miles (46. ...
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Jamiroquai is a British band led by singer Jay (Jason) Kay. ...
Horsenden is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Vernon Kay, at the 2003 London premiere of Charlies Angels. ...
Fulmer is a village in south Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Arthur Lasenby Liberty (August 13, 1843 _ May 11, 1917) was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Looking over Chesham from Milton Road (on the hill) Chesham is a town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England, the fourth largest in the county, and is situated in the Chess Valley. ...
See John Milton (disambiguation) for other uses John Milton, English poet John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, best-known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. ...
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. ...
Mike Oldfield on the album cover of Amarok (1990) Michael Gordon Oldfield (born May 15, 1953 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, New Age Music, ethnic or world music, and classical music. ...
Map sources for Little Chalfont at grid reference SU995975 Little Chalfont is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ...
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael Osbourne (born December 3, 1948), known as Ozzy Osbourne, is the lead singer of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath and a popular solo artist and reality television star. ...
The Chalfonts are a group of three villages in south east Buckinghamshire, England. ...
Osyth (died 653 AD) was an English saint. ...
Quarrendon is both the name of an ancient village on the outskirts of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire and the name of a large housing estate that forms part of Aylesbury. ...
Otway at Glastonbury Festival, 2002 John Otway, (born October 2, 1952, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a self-confessed unsuccessful singer songwriter, who built a large cult audience through unrelenting touring, a surreal sense of humour and a winning underdog personality. ...
St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
William Penn (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...
Penn is the name of the following places: Penn, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Penn, West Midlands United Kingdom Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania, United States Penn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States Penn is a common name used for the University of Pennsylvania Penn State is a common name used for The...
Terence David John Pratchett OBE is an English fantasy author (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England), best known for his Discworld series. ...
Location within the British Isles Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 30 miles NW of London. ...
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Location within the British Isles Beaconsfield is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England, about 30 miles NW of London. ...
Sir Tim Rice (born November 10, 1944, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, and educated at St Albans School and Lancing College) is a lyricist for musical theater, a radio presenter, television gameshow panelist and an author. ...
Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ...
Andy Riley is a British author and scriptwriter. ...
St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ...
The Right Honourable Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (May 7, 1847 – May 21, 1929) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. ...
Mentmore Village Green. ...
Rothschild Coat of Arms The Mayer Amschel Rothschild family is a successful banking and finance dynasty of German Jewish origin that established operations across Europe, and was ennobled by the Austro-Hungarian and British governments. ...
Ascott is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Wing in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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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. ...
Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley née Godwin (August 30, 1797 – February 1, 1851) was an English novelist who is perhaps equally famous as the wife of Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and as 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 Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of the major English romantic poets and is esteemed by some scholars the finest lyric poet in 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. ...
Jackie Stewart speaking at the 2005 United States Grand Prix Sir John Young Stewart OBE (born June 11, 1939 in Dumbartonshire, Scotland), better known as Jackie Stewart, is a three-time Formula One racing champion representing Great Britain. ...
Ellesborough 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. ...
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Wycliffe may also refer to Wycliffe Bible Translators John Wyclif (also Wycliffe or Wycliff) (c. ...
Ludgershall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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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. ...
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Bedfordshire | Berkshire | City of Bristol | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Devon | Dorset | Durham | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Sussex | Essex | Gloucestershire | Greater London | Greater Manchester | Hampshire | Herefordshire | Hertfordshire | Isle of Wight | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | City of London | Merseyside | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | North Yorkshire | Nottinghamshire | Oxfordshire | Rutland | Shropshire | Somerset | South Yorkshire | Staffordshire | Suffolk | Surrey | Tyne and Wear | Warwickshire | West Midlands | West Sussex | West Yorkshire | Wiltshire | Worcestershire Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ...
Berkshire (IPA: or ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ...
Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...
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. ...
This article is about the English county. ...
Motto: Onen hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county Region South West England Population - Total (2004 est. ...
Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ...
Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ...
The inner harbour, Brixham, south Devon, at low tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ...
Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest 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 in the United Kingdom. ...
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. ...
For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ...
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ...
Hampshire (abbr. ...
Herefordshire is a traditional and ceremonial county and unitary district in the West Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. ...
Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...
The Isle of Wight is an English island, south of Southampton off the southern English coast. ...
Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...
Red Lancashire rose Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...
Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ...
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ...
For London as a whole, see the main article London. ...
Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ...
Norfolk (pronounced IPA: /nɔ:fək/) 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). ...
For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ...
Bolton Abbey North Yorkshire is a Shire county within the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. ...
Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...
Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ...
Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ...
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ...
Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...
Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...
Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ...
Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East of England and consists of the estuary areas of the rivers Tyne and Wear. ...
Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ...
The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England, the United Kingdom, formed in 1974. ...
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 England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ...
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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The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ...
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Bedfordshire | Berkshire | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cornwall | Cumberland | Derbyshire | Devon | Dorset | Durham | Essex | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Herefordshire | Hertfordshire | Huntingdonshire | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Middlesex | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumberland | Nottinghamshire | Oxfordshire | Rutland | Shropshire | Somerset | Staffordshire | Suffolk | Surrey | Sussex | Warwickshire | Westmorland | Wiltshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ...
Berkshire (IPA: or ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ...
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. ...
This article is about the English county. ...
Motto: Onen hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county Region South West England Population - Total (2004 est. ...
Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ...
Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ...
The inner harbour, Brixham, south Devon, at low tide Devon is a large county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ...
Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ...
County Durham is a county in north-east England. ...
Essex is a county in the East of England. ...
Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...
Hampshire (abbr. ...
Herefordshire is a traditional and ceremonial county and unitary district in the West Midlands region of England in the United Kingdom. ...
Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...
Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ...
Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...
Red Lancashire rose Lancashire is a county in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...
Leicestershire (abbreviated Leics) is a landlocked county in central England. ...
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ...
Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England. ...
Norfolk (pronounced IPA: /nɔ:fək/) 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). ...
For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ...
Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ...
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...
Rutland is traditionally Englands smallest county and is bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire, and southeast by Northamptonshire. ...
Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ...
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...
Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...
Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...
Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ...
Sussex is a traditional county in south-eastern England, corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ...
Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwÉ”Ëɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ...
Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties 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. ...
The White Yorkshire rose. ...
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