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The school was situated in Old Amersham for almost three centuries before moving, with the support of Buckinghamshire County Council, to its present position in Amersham-on-the Hill in 1905. At this time, the school embraced the principle of co-education for the first time which, according to the school's first prospectus in 1906, was ...
The toponym is derived from the Old English for "homestead where leeks are grown". [citation needed] In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Lechamstede.In the middle of the 16th century the village was split into two halves, Leckhampstead Magna and Leckhampstead Parva, with the foundation of a manor house in the latter.
This is a list of places in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England.It does not include places which were formerly in Buckinghamshire. For places which were in Buckinghamshire until 1974, and were then transferred to Berkshire, and other places transferred from Buckinghamshire since 1844, see list of Buckinghamshire boundary changes
Dunton's population in 2011 was 189 according to census data. [1] Historically the parish population has not been this large. Past parish data shows population has only surpassed 100 people twice before 2001: once in 1831, when there were 116 people; and ten years later in 1841, when there were 107.
Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire from the 10th century, when it was made the capital of the newly formed shire of Buckingham, [2] until Aylesbury took over this role in the 18th century. [3] Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a market town. It has a number of local shops, both national and independent.
North Marston is a village and also a civil parish in the Buckinghamshire district in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England.It is located about three miles south of Winslow, and four miles north of Waddesdon.
The village lies along the Buckingham to Towcester road . It contains many 17th-century houses and cottages with timber frames with brick or plaster filling and thatched roofs. The 15th-century parish church of Saint Edmund is said to have been built by two maiden ladies of the Pever family hence the name "Maids' Moreton". The Maids' memorials ...
Hoggeston is a village and civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England.It is located around 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) south-east of Winslow, and around 8 miles (13 km) north of Aylesbury.