Chetwode is a village in west Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Oxfordshire. It was initially an Augustinian priory founded in 1244 by Sir Ralphe de Norwich. It is located about 4 miles to the west of Buckingham. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ... A priory is an ecclesiastical circumscription run by a prior. ... Events Sultan Malik al-Muattam razes city walls. ... Buckingham is a town situated in north Buckinghamshire approximately 10 miles from the border with Northamptonshire. ...

In ancient times, the area in which the priory was founded was known simply as Cet, that being the Brythonic word for 'woodland'. Following the settlement of Anglo Saxon tribes in the area, the suffix 'wood' was added to the name to form a compound word of British and Anglo-Saxon origins: a common occurrence in this part of the country (see, for example, Brill). In 949 the area was known as Cetwuda. Brythonic is one of two major divisions of Insular Celtic languages (the other being Goidelic). ... 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. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... Events Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine planets were within the same 90% arc of the solar system on 1 February 949. ...

In 1460, owing to its poverty, Chetwode Priory was dissolved, and annexed to the nearby abbey of Nutley in Long Crendon. This led to the first recognition of Chetwode as a village rather than just a priory. Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. ... Long Crendon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles west of Haddenham and 2 miles northwest of Thame. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

There is a manor at Chetwode that stayed in the same family from the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 through to the 1960's. In 1086 the manor was owned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux and managed for him by Robert de Thain. 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... 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. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ... Odo of Bayeux (c. ...