Great and Little Hampden
Great and Little Hampden | |
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Great Hampden Church | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 259 [1] 300 (2011 Census)[2] |
OS grid reference | SP845015 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GREAT MISSENDEN |
Postcode district | HP16 |
Dialling code | 01494 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Great and Little Hampden is a
History
The villages were first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when they were jointly called Hamdena after the owners of the local manor.[4]
By the 14th century 'Hamdena' was split into the two villages,[4] Great Hampden at the top of one hill and Little Hampden on the next hill, with the lush arable land forming the rest of the two parishes spread out in the valley between them. It was also at about this time that Hampden House, the house belonging to the Hobart-Hampden family was rebuilt.[5]
After the death of John Hampden, a cross was erected just above the lane that leads from Hampden House to the nearby village of
Hampden himself is buried at the church in Great Hampden, in an unmarked grave. His first wife had a stone tablet in her honour erected in the chancel. In the 19th century the floor below this tablet was lifted and a body exhumed which was missing its hand and had had its shoulder dislocated. Due to the nature of Hampden's death at the Battle of Chalgrove Field near Thame (he died as a result of an injury to his arm and shoulder) this was assumed to be the body of Hampden himself; however this assumption has since been challenged by other historians.
Great Hampden church stands a mile or so from the village. Its isolation made it an attractive location for some scenes in the 1970 film
The nave of Little Hampden Church was built in the 13th Century and a distinctive
See also
Gallery
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Little Hampden Church
References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 900.
- ^ a b "Buckinghamshire F-M". The Domesday Book Online. 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ "Great Hampden". British History Online. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
External links
Map links
- Great Hampden grid reference SP845015
- Little Hampden SP859037