Granborough
| Granborough | |
|---|---|
 Granborough Village Hall | |
 St. John the Baptist Church | |
  Granborough Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 545 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP768250 |
| 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 | |
| Website | Granborough Parish Council |
Granborough (previously Grandborough) is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It is around 5 miles (8 km) north of Waddesdon and 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Buckingham. The nearest town is Winslow.
The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means 'green hill'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Grenesberga.
Anciently the
Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547 ownership passed automatically to the Crown
.
The ancient
Restoration of the Monarchy
in 1685.
The village is still one of the possessions of the Crown.
There is a public house, logically called the Crown. After the parish church the most interesting building is the neat half-timbered
thatched
cottages and houses, many of them in Green End, a hamlet attached to the village.
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
External links
Media related to Granborough at Wikimedia Commons
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