Oakley is a village and Civil Parish in Buckinghamshire, England with a population of 1,059 (2001 Census) and area of 2,206 acres (8.93 km²). After Long Crendon (population 2,500) and Brill (1,190), it is the third largest village in the immediate neighbourhood. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... 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... Long Crendon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles west of Haddenham and 2 miles northwest of Thame. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ...

Oakley

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Statistics
Population:	1,059 (2001 Census)
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for SP639121
Administration
District:	Aylesbury Vale
County:	Buckinghamshire
Region:	South East England
Nation:	England
Other
Police force:	{{{Police}}}
Ceremonial county:	Buckinghamshire
Historic county:	Buckinghamshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:	AYLESBURY
Postal district:	HP18 9Q
Dialling code:	01844
Politics
UK Parliament:	Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
European Parliament:	South East England

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Geographical information

The parish is in the extreme west of central Buckinghamshire, touching the border of Oxfordshire. It is roughly diamond shaped, extending a maximum 4.35 miles (6.75 km) east to west and 2 miles (3.25 km) south to north. Oakley parish is borded to the north-west by Boarstall parish, north-east by Brill, east by Chilton. south by Ickford and Worminghall and in the extreme west by Horton-cum-Studley(Oxfordshire). The village proper is about 3.5 miles (6 km) north west of Long Crendon and 1 mile south of Brill, sitting mainly to the south of the B4011 road, midway between Thame to Bicester. There were once five hamlets that stood within the vicinity of the parish of Oakley. Brill and Boarstall are now parishes in their own right. The hamlet of Studley was, many years ago, annexed to nearby Horton in Oxfordshire, to become Horton-cum-Studley. The final hamlet of Addingrove now no longer exists, as the chapel has long since fallen into disrepair - although Addingrove Farm still exists and is 1.75 miles south-east of Oakley. At one time the village was owned by the Duke of Marlborough. Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from the Latinised form Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Boarstall Tower Boarstall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England near the border with Oxfordshire. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... Chilton is the name of several places. ... Ickford is an attractive village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Worminghall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Long Crendon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about 3 miles west of Haddenham and 2 miles northwest of Thame. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... 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. ... Map sources for Bicester at grid reference SP5822 Bicester (pronounced bister) is a town in the Cherwell district of north-eastern Oxfordshire in England, with a population of 28,672 (2001 census). ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Boarstall Tower Boarstall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England near the border with Oxfordshire. ... Addingrove was a small hamlet on between Oakley and Long Crendon, now only represented by a farm and a cottage. ... The coat of arms of the Dukes of Marlborough The Dukedom of Marlborough (pronounced Maulbruh) is an hereditary title of British nobility in the Peerage of England. ...

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Etymology

Oakley’s name is Anglo Saxon and derived from “Oak-lea”, a clearing within the oaks. Originally, the village was probably a collection of small huts around the stream, at the Church end of the village, although the Church as we know it had not been built. The village would have been in Bernwood Forest. The Forest was not oak trees from horizon to horizon, in the Early Middle Ages, a forest was defined as a hunting area, there would some densely wooded areas, shrub land, parks of pastureland and areas of cultivation. 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. ... Bernwood was one of several forests of the ancient kingdom of England. ...

History

11th to 13th centuries

Before the Norman Conquest two hides of land in Oakley belonged to Alwid (or Aelfgeth) the maid, and another half a hide of land granted her by Godric the sheriff on condition that she taught his daughter gold embroidery. A hide was the amount of land, which could be ploughed in a year using one plough with an eight-ox team. It varied with soil quality from 60 to 180 acres. Godric ( ???? - c. ... The hide was a variable unit of land area used in medieval England, defined according to its arable yield and taxable potential rather than its exact dimensions. ...

Oakley, like most English settlements, has its first written mention in the Domesday Book in 1086. Robert Doyley, son of Walter, owned Achelei (as Oakley was called). The exact area is not known, since borders with other local villages were not specified. The village was valued at £6, and its land consisted of 5¾ hides; with Oakley’s clay soil the total cultivated land would have been around 550 acres (2 km²). Seven ploughs, three by the Lord of the manor and four by nine villagers (consisting of seven smallholdings) tilled the land. There were three slaves in the village and there was enough woodland for 200 pigs. Other local places mentioned in the Domesday Book were Brill, Addingrove and Nashway. 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 earliest parts, the nave and some pillars, of the present church date from around 1100. In 1142, the Empress Maud, granted Oakley church, with its chapels of Brill, Boarstall and Addingrove to the monks of St. Frideswide, in Oxford. St Frideswide monastery was to become Christ Church, Oxford. In 1222 Ralphe de Norwich became first Rector of Oakley, appointed by the King Henry III. Ralphe later founded the priory at Chetwode in 1226. A transaction in 1224 mentions selions (cultivated strips of land) in Oakley, suggesting an open field system, e.g. no fences or hedges. The Oakley area would have been a populated landscape of mixed farming and woodland, with roadways, drovers trails, flocks of sheep, herds of cattle and pigs, small areas of meadow, and open fields of barley and oats (and possibly some wheat). Empress Maud (1102 – September 10, 1167) is the title by which Matilda, daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England and his wife Maud of Scotland (herself daughter of Malcolm III Canmore and St. ... Saint Frideswide (c. ... College name Christ Church Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister College Trinity College Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR President William Dorsey Undergraduates 426 Graduates 154 Home page Boat Club Christ Church, called in Latin Ædes Christi (i. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272) is one of the least-known British monarchs, considering the great length of his reign. ... Chetwode is a village in west Buckinghamshire, England, on the border with Oxfordshire. ... Selion is a mediaeval open strip of land or small field used for growing crops, usually owned or rented to peasants. ...

14th to 16th centuries

1327 John de Abingdon became the first vicar of Oakley (as opposed to rector). 1349 William de Grauntpont died in office as vicar of Oakley, probably of the Black Death. The first estimate of Oakley's population was 257 in 1377. In 1522 – Oakley’s population was estimated at 140 by a Military Survey. 1570 – Coppicing enclosures drew complaints from Richard Leigh of Oakley (lord of Oakley). 1586 – Oakley had about 248 inhabitants in 56 households (22 landholders and 58 with small cottages within the Forest), these figures were drawn up by Hugh Cope of Oakley. Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... Abingdon may refer to the following places: The eponymous Abingdon, Oxfordshire Abingdon, Ontario, Canada Abingdon, Iowa, USA Abingdon, Illinois, USA Abingdon, Maryland, USA Abingdon, North Carolina, USA Abingdon, South Carolina, USA Abingdon, Virginia, USA Abingdon Magisterial District, Virginia, USA It may also refer to: Abingdon (1902 automobile) Abingdon (1922 automobile... In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... // Events August 24 - Black Death outbreak in Elbing (modern-day Elblag in Poland) October 20 - Pope Clement VI publishes a papal bull that condemns the Flagellants The bubonic plague is spread to Norway when an English ship with everyone dead on board floats to Bergen Births September 9 - Duke Albert... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ... Events January 17 – Gregory XI enters Rome. ... Events January 9 - Adrian Dedens becomes Pope Adrian VI. February 26 - Execution by hanging of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan under orders of conquistador Hernán Cortés. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ... 1586 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ...

17th century

Church font, with damage sustained during Civil War

1622-1635 – The Crown decided to remove Royal Forest status from Bernwood Forest, along with the draconian laws protecting its contents (wood, animals and people). This was the most significant event that has ever happened to Oakley (and Brill and Boarstall), it transformed the economic balance of society. It modernised the farming structures of the communities in ways that left problems of poverty and rural under-employment for the smallholders and the landless. The process of disafforestation - analogous in modern terms to privatisation - should not be confused with deforestation, meaning to strip a forest of its trees. Nevertheless, disafforestation of Bernwood Forest led to a gradual deforestation over subsequent centuries. Image File history File links Oakley_Church_font. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... This article deals with an aspect of land management as it has been in England since the late eleventh century. ... Bernwood was one of several forests of the ancient kingdom of England. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... Boarstall Tower Boarstall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England near the border with Oxfordshire. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forested. ...

1626 - Two Oakley men were among the nine summoned to Aylesbury to resolve disafforestation issues, they were Sir Timothy Tyrell and John Dynham. 1642-1646 – The effect of the English Civil War on Oakley is unrecorded – it was near the front-line between the Parliamentary and Royalist sides. It was at this time the church font was smashed, probably by Roundheads. Foraging by soldiers from both sides would have made caused even more problems to local villagers exacerbating problems due to disafforestation. Events September 30 - Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... // Events The Westminster Confession of Faith Ongoing events Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649) Births February 4 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. ... 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. ...

18th century

1713 – A lace school is recorded as being in the village. On 8 May 1718, King George I made William Cadogan the 1st Baron Cadogan of Oakley. 1726 – Oakley started late in the Parish records stakes. Most local parishes have registers dating from the 16th century, Worminghall going back to 1538. The first Oakley baptisms being for Elizabeth Smith (daughter of John and Amy) and Laurence Shirley (son of Mickoll and Mary). The 1726 burials began with Thomas Smith, Saraag Kessn and Mary Oburn. The earliest marriage was between Edward Good and Jane Hide. // Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713... Lace schools were common in Britain from the 17th to 19th century to teach lace-making. ... // Events July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as Blackbeard) is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times. ... George I (Georg Ludwig) (28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) from 23 January 1698, and King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714, until his death. ... William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (1672 - 1726) was a noted military officer in the army of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... Worminghall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ...

The index of the Poll for Knights of the Shire for the County of Bucks in April, 1784, listed 11 knights in Oakley: Edward Batt, Thomas Dorrington, Isaac Fennimore, Thomas Hawes, Francis Kirby, Leonard Paulin, Robert Piers, Thomas Needham Rees, John Stevens, Reverend Robert Twicross and Thomas Wyatt. 1790 – Mark Ing is recorded as being a member of the Oakley Morris Men. 1798 - Buckinghamshire is the only county to have kept a complete record of an early census called Posse Commitatus. Oakley at this time had 21 farmers, a cordwainer, a carpenter, a pedlar and a schoolmaster (although Oakley’s school was not established until the 1850’s). There were 24 labourers and 12 other men listed. 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A Morris dance is a form of folk dance. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In common law, posse comitatus (Latin, roughly translated as to be able to be made into part of a retinue or force) referred to the authority wielded by the county sheriff to conscript any able-bodied male over the age of fifteen to assist him in keeping the peace or...

19th Century

Oakley Chandos Arms - c. 1920. - was called the Three Horseshoes in 1821

In the earliest government census of 1801, there were 257 inhabitants in 65 families living in 34 houses recorded in Oakley. The census of 1811 recorded that there were 325 people in Oakley. The first attempt to enclose Oakley in 1818 failed. 382 people were recorded in the census of 1821. In the same year, the eventual enclosure of common land was opposed by a mob, which tried to prevent the attorney attaching notice of it to the church door. Why were the villagers so outraged? Large areas of land were granted to local landowners and 155 acres were sold to cover the cost of the enclosure. Only 25 acres were awarded to smallholders and a measly 4 acres were set aside for the poor. The poor in Oakley would have to survive on what was left of Poor Folk’s Pasture in Boarstall parish, itself subject to very stringent eligibility rules. The Enclosure gave a list of every landowner in the village. The Census of 1831 gave Oakley's population as 413. In 1833 a Turnpike was approved between Bicester and Thame, this became the B4011 at that time passing through the centre of Oakley (now bypassing it). Image File history File links Oakley_Chandos_Arms. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Enclosure (also historically inclosure) is the process of subdivision of common land for individual ownership. ... Boarstall Tower Boarstall is a village in Buckinghamshire, England near the border with Oxfordshire. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ...

1841 There had been four previous censuses in Oakley, however they were merely a head count. The 1841 census of Oakley (and Little London) listed ALL residents of which there were Hawes was the most common name (64 residents). take you to calendar). ... Little London is a hamlet of around 70 houses to the North of Oakley in Buckinghamshire. ...

1851 – the Census for this year noted that houses had been demolished in Oakley as villagers left (for the cities and Americas). 1853 Oakley School was first recorded in use, in what is now School Lane. The first headmaster was Henry Fenemore. Between the years of 1880-1887 Oakley church was re-dedicated from St Matthew to St Mary. 1889 – A new local magazine was first printed, Waddesdon Deanery News. There was no mention of any Oakley people in the page of Oakley news in issue 1. However, in issue Number 2 in February 1889 carried the story about a pantomime and concert at the school – a complete success that befittingly crowned the exertions and careful organisations of its promoter, Miss Boys. A full-dress rehearsal of the piece was given on the previous evening to the Sunday School. Children were not invited in vain, a tea feast (generously given by Mrs. Kirby) winding up an extra-special treat, which coming as a surprise was all the more thoroughly enjoyed. 1894 – The first Parish Council was formed on 19th December 1894 and consisted of Thomas Brooks; James Eborn; William Greenwood (Rev.); James Kirby and Thomas Kirby. 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Matthew the Evangelist (מתי Gift of the LORD, Standard Hebrew and Tiberian Hebrew Mattay; Septuagint Greek Ματθαιος, Matthaios) is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Matthew. ... Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Waddesdon is a village in the Vale of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles from Aylesbury on the A41. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

20th century

British artist James Henry Govier was born in the village in 1910. In 1911 Oakley Public Library (in the Lady Verney Reading Room) was opened on 17th February (it closed in 1936). During World War I village boys went to war and 23 gave their lives for their country, included in this number were four brothers named Measey. The alehouse known as The Foresters on the Bicester Road closed around 1919. In 1934, by Bucks Review Order, Little London, then part of Brill, was added to Oakley. On 27th May 1942 Oakley Airfield (R.A.F. Oakley) becoming operational, initially a satellite airfield for R.A.F. Bicester and then in August 1942 as R.A.F. Westcott’s satellite. The 11th OTU (Operational Training Unit) moved to Westcott in September 1942, Oakley became home to many Wellingtons. After the end of hostilities in Europe in 1945, orders were received to clear the hanger and fit it for the provision of refreshment and succour to thousands of repatriated POWs brought here as part of “Operation Exodus”. R.A.F. Oakley was closed to military flying in August of that year. Two of Oakley’s sons died in the war and are commemorated on the Oakley Roll of Honour. Halls Brewery gave the playing fields to Oakley Village in 1948. James Henry Govier was born on 1st August 1910, at Oakley, Buckinghamshire, the only son of Henry Govier and Mary Ann Govier (nee Measey). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 8 million Full list Military dead: 3 million Civilian dead: 3 million Total: 6 million Full... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Little London is a hamlet of around 70 houses to the North of Oakley in Buckinghamshire. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Oakley Post Office - January 1980

Shortly after in 1957, Oakley Village Hall was completed having been built and financed by the village. In 1959, the original Oakley School in Bicester Road was closed and Oakley Combined Schoool in Worminghall Road was opened, the first new post-war school to be build in Aylesbury Vale. The Sun Inn closed around 1961. In 1963, Oakley was centre of national and international news, when Leatherslade Farm near Oakley was used as a hideout by the criminal gang involved in The Great Train Robbery. John Maris, a local farm worker, tipped off the police of the hideout at Leatherslade Farm. John Wooley, local policeman from Brill was the first policeman to go to the hideout. In 1991, the final link in the M40 Motorway (the 11.4 mile stretch from Waterstock to Wendlebury), passing through Oakley Parish, was opened on the 16th January by Malcolm Rifkin. In 1997, the Oakley Village Appraisal / ACORN report reviewed what villagers thought about the village and what changes they would like to see - it was the most successful village appraisal in Buckinghamshire for a village of Oakley's size with over 70% response. Image File history File links Oakley_Post_Office. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oakley Church of England Combined School is a mixed Church of England primary school in Oakley, Buckinghamshire. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The Great Train Robbery was the name given to a train robbery that was committed on August 8, 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... For other uses of the word Brill see Brill (disambiguation) Brill is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Oxfordshire. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The M40 in Warwickshire The M40 motorway is the second motorway in the English transport network to connect London to Birmingham. ... Waterstock is small sleepy village in Oxfordshire, England. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

21st Century

In 2003, Oakley hit national and international headlines again through an exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery. The guest speakers included the mastermind behind the robbery and ex-gang-leader Bruce Reynolds, John Wooley and John Maris (see above) - all meeting for the first time. On show was memorabilia from the robbery, Bruce Reynold's Lotus Cortina, the lorry and one of the Land Rovers used in the raid. Today, (2006) like many other English villages, Oakley has in recent years lost its Post Office, shop, surgery and petrol pumps - two pubs and the garage remains. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bruce Reynolds was the brains behind the Great train robbery in 1963 in which a gang robbed £2. ... not A standard Lotus Cortina A GT Cortina The Lotus-Cortina was high-performance car, the result of collaboration between Ford and Lotus. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other Local Information

• Addingrove was a small hamlet with a chapel of ease, no longer in existence, to south east of Oakley.
• Honeyburge is a small hamlet to the west of Oakley, actually in Boarstall parish
• Little London is a small hamlet attached to Oakley to the North of the B4011, until 1934 it was part of the Parish of Brill.

Addingrove was a small hamlet on between Oakley and Long Crendon, now only represented by a farm and a cottage. ... Honeyburge is a handful of houses in west Buckinghamshire in the parish of Boarstall. ... Little London is a hamlet of around 70 houses to the North of Oakley in Buckinghamshire. ...

External links

• Oakley village website
• Talk marks Great Train Robbery 40th anniversary
• St Mary's Church, Oakley
• Rectors & Vicars of the Parish Church of Oakley (1212-1810)