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Axminster Guildhall. / 50.7814; -3.0010. Axminster Guildhall is a municipal building in West Street in Axminster, a town in Devon, in England. The building, which is meeting place of Axminster Town Council, is also used as a community events venue.
High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe (/ ˈ w ɪ k əm / WIK-əm), [2] is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England.Lying in the valley of the River Wye surrounded by the Chiltern Hills, it is 29 miles (47 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross in London, 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of Aylesbury, 23 miles (37 km) southeast of Oxford, 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Reading and 8 miles (13 ...
The site's postal address was given as "GPO High Wycombe." [4] Whilst High Wycombe was not an official flying station, a small airfield was used in the nearby village of Lacey Green, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. The airfield was unpaved and was used for small flights into and out of RAF High Wycombe and was only used between June 1944 and late ...
Designated. 9 January 1954. Reference no. 1332349. Location of High Wycombe Guildhall in Buckinghamshire. The High Wycombe Guildhall is a public building located on the High Street of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1] [2] It was designed by Henry Keene and completed in 1757.
Hughenden Valley. / 51.6558; -0.7490. Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, just to the north of High Wycombe. The civil parish is still named Hughenden as of 2024. [2] It is almost 8,000 acres (32 km 2) in size, divided mainly between arable and wooded land.
Axminster is a market town and civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is 28 miles (45 km) from the county town of Exeter . The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth , and is in the East Devon local government district.
The factory outlet for Axminster Carpets Ltd, in Axminster, Devon. Today, Axminster Carpets is the only manufacturer to purchase, wash, card, spin and dye its own yarn before weaving the carpet itself. [ 7] To celebrate 250 years of carpet weaving in Axminster, in 2005 a commemorative rug was produced. Paraded by the company's weavers through ...
The Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway was a railway built and operated jointly by the Great Western Railway (GWR) and Great Central Railway (GCR) between Northolt (in north west London) and Ashendon Junction (west of Aylesbury). It was laid out as a trunk route with gentle curves and gradients and spacious track layouts.