Adstock
For the municipality in Quebec, see Adstock, Quebec
Adstock | |
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![]() St. Cecilia's parish church | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 363 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP7330 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Buckingham |
Postcode district | MK18 |
Dialling code | 01296 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Adstock is a village and
There are remains of a Roman road in the village.
In the divisions of England that took place between AD 613 and 1017,
After the
In the mid to late 11th century the manor of Adstock was given by William the Conqueror to his illegitimate son William Peverel, who was listed as its owner in 1086. This suggests that the manor was of some value, or that its previous owner was of some prominence in Anglo Saxon society.
The village received a charter to establish itself as a town briefly in 1665 so that a market could be held there. This was due to the majority of the people from the two local towns of Winslow and Buckingham being infected with bubonic plague. The charter was removed, however, in 1685 and Adstock was reinstated as a village rather than a town.
The parish church, which dates from the 12th century, is dedicated to St Cecilia. The roof is dated 1597, and the church underwent further major restoration during the Victorian era. There are two bells (the lightest of which dates back from about 1440) in the church and one Sanctus
Adstock had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where some of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma messages in World War Two were located.
References
- ^ a b Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 2 February 2013
External links
Media related to Adstock at Wikimedia Commons
- Adstock in the Domesday Book