All Saints' Church, Wing. Its Saxon origins make it one of the oldest churches in England

Wing is a large village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the main A418 road that links Aylesbury with Leighton Buzzard. All Saints Church, Wing, England. ... All Saints Church, Wing, England. ... The famous parade helmet found at Sutton Hoo, probably belonging to King Raedwald of East Anglia circa 625. ... 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... The A418 road is a main trunk road in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom that leads from the A505 just north of Ascott to the M40 near Thame. ... St Marys Church, Aylesbury Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the Leighton-Linslade Town Council Leighton Buzzard is a town near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, and is between Luton and Milton Keynes. ...

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and this name is suggested by one source to mean 'settlement of Wiwa's family'¹ however later sources suggest that a closer translation is 'settlement of the idols'² suggesting a pre-Christian religious site. Whichever translation is correct the nearby village of Wingrave has the same etymological root as does the nearby hamlet of Wingbury. In the Domesday Book of 1086 Wing was recorded as Witehunge, though previously it was known as Weowungum. 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. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus Christ. ... Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Etymology is the study of the origins of words. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... 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. ...

Historic Almshouse in Wing.

An ancient track, part of the pre-historic Icknield Way linking Oxford with Cambridge, once passed through the village. This was still in use in the medieval period and led to an increase in the village's size, though with the advent of modern roads and motorways this is less used today. Alms Houses at Wing, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Alms Houses at Wing, Buckinghamshire, England. ... 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. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... Motorway mark in Europe. ...

As early as the 7th century there was an abbey near the village at Ascott, that had been built by an unknown royal from the Kingdom of Wessex and given to a Benedictine convent in Angers. The Anglo Saxon church in Wing, dedicated to All Saints, was also constructed at about this time by St Birinus³, however evidence found in the 15th century during extensive renovations on the church suggest a Roman structure had stood on this site beforehand⁴. Roman tiles may also be found in the ceiling of the crypt of the church. It is unusual among religious buildings of this age for the church and abbey to be built apart: if they were built at the same time it was normal for them to be constructed within the same complex of buildings. One possible explanation for this is that the church was built on a pre-existing religious site, which the evidence in the village's name and in the aforementioned archeological finds appears to suggest. // Overview Events The Roman-Persian Wars end. ... 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. ... Ascott is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Wing in Buckinghamshire, England. ... Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the kingdom of England. ... A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... This article is about an abbey as a religious building. ... Location within France Angers is a city in France in the département of Maine-et-Loire, 191 miles south-west of Paris. ... All Saints in Poland The festival of All Saints, also sometimes known as All Hallows, or Hallowmas, is a feast celebrated in their honour. ... Birinus (c. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... The Romans adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectural style. ... Crypt is also a commonly used name of water trumpets, aquatic plants. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

A traditional English lych gate is at the entrance to the church yard.

Wing leapt to fame in the 20th century when the location of a new London airport was being discussed, and Wing was one of the prime locations for it. A community campaign was organised, called the 'Wings Off Wing Campaign', and was successful: the airport at Heathrow was expanded instead. A World War II-vintage RAF airfield at Wing is now a chicken farm, though the layout of the runways can still be discerned from the air. Wing Church, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Wing Church, Buckinghamshire, England. ... A lych gate (from Old English lic, corpse) is a gateway covered with a roof, found at the entrance to a church yard. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...

One feature of Wing is its surprising number of public houses. For a village of under 5,000 people there are 4 pubs and a social club. Perhaps unrelated is the fact that Wing is one of the few villages in Buckinghamshire to require its own police station. A thatched pub (The Williams Arms) at Wrafton, near Braunton, North Devon, England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by... A typical suburban police station in the United States (this one is in San Bruno, California). ...

There are two schools in Wing. Overstone Primary School for children aged 4-12 and Cottesloe School - educating those of secondary age (12-18). The Cottesloe School is a co-educational secondary school in Wing, Buckinghamshire. ...

Ascott House a home of the Rothschild family is situated in the parish. The centre of the entrance front. ... Rothschild (variant: Rothchild) is a German surname. ...

External links

• Village website
• All Saints Church website

References

• Note 1: The Oxford Dictionary of Place Names by A. D. Mills 1991
• Note 2: A pre-reformation history of Wing
• Note 3: All Saints Church history
• Note 4: Britain Express website