Chinnor is a large village situated on the Icknield Way and the Chiltern escarpment, in South Oxfordshire. Approximately four miles south of Thame, it was formerly home to a cement works and artisans supporting High Wycombe's furniture making industry, but is primarily a dormitory for Thame, Wycombe, Aylesbury and London in the 21st century. 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in South East England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Thame at grid reference SP710060 Thame is a market town in Oxfordshire, England on the River Thame between Aylesbury and Oxford, with a population of around 12,000. ... Jump to: navigation, search High Wycombe in the UK High Wycombe, (previously Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe) South Buckinghamshire, is 32 miles (51. ... St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Dating back to Saxon times, as Ceonna, Chennore, and then Chynor, the village has a good mix of old and new buildings. It grew fastest in the 1960s - from 1950 pop. in 1961 to 4471 in 1971. Chinnor was then situated largely around the main 'square' of Station Road, Lower Road, High Street, and Church Road (actually rectangular). The hamlet of Oakley to the southwest was subsumed into the village around this time, when building along Oakley Road and the Mill Lane estate more than doubled the physical size of the village. Today the population is around 7300. Saxon may refer to: The Saxon people The Anglo-Saxon people Saxon language: Anglo-Saxon language (the ancestor language of English) Lower Saxon language (a variety of Low German) Old Saxon language (the ancestor language of Anglo-Saxon language) Upper Saxon dialect (a variety of High German) An inhabitant of...

Chinnor played a small part in the English Civil War and many of the village's ghost stories and historical anecdotes date from this time. A number of Civil War-era buildings still survive. Jump to: navigation, search The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed conflicts and political machinations which took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651. ...

The village has two primary schools - St Andrew's Church of England, and Mill Lane - but no secondary school. Teenage children are bussed to Thame and Watlington for secondary education, and Henley or Thame for sixth form and further education. Saint Andrew (Greek: Andreas, manly), the Christian Apostle, brother of Saint Peter, was born at Bethsaida on the Lake of Galilee. ... Map sources for Henley-on-Thames at grid reference SU7682 Henley-on-Thames from by the playground near the Rail Station A Hill near Henley-on-Thames Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in South Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and...

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