Hughenden Valley

Coordinates: 51°39′21″N 0°44′56″W / 51.6558°N 0.7490°W / 51.6558; -0.7490
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Hughenden Valley
The rear of Hughenden Manor
Hughenden Valley is located in Buckinghamshire
Hughenden Valley
Hughenden Valley
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population8,362 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU866972
Civil parish
  • Hughenden
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHIGH WYCOMBE
Postcode districtHP14, HP15
Dialling code01494
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°39′21″N 0°44′56″W / 51.6558°N 0.7490°W / 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 km2) in size, divided mainly between arable and wooded land. It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) north of central Wycombe, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) south of the county town of Aylesbury and some 35 miles (56 km) west-northwest of London.

Hughenden parish was first mentioned in the

Anglo Saxon man's name Huhha rather than the French Hugh. At the time of the Domesday Book, the village was in the extensive estates of Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, who was the half brother of William the Conqueror
.

There were many ancient manors within the parish border, and in addition to Odo, King

have all at one time owned property in the parish.

National Trust
in 1947, and the trust also own woodland around here as well.

In the 18th century the parish church was one of few in the whole of England where marriages could take place without either the bride or groom residing in the parish. Hughenden became infamous locally as a place of clandestine marriages, and is referred to extensively as such in local records.[citation needed]

The Grade II* listed

Issac D'Israeli.[3]

Sport and recreation

Hughenden has a

King George V, and there is a village hall here too where groups such as karate, cubs, brownies, beavers, old people's groups, art club and toddler groups meet. Also in the village is the magnolia park sports club. It includes a bowls green three tennis courts a senior football pitch/cricket green and a club house.[citation needed
]

Amenities and businesses

Schools

The village proper has one school – Hughenden Primary School[4] which recently moved from being just a first school, (years reception to 2), but is now taking years reception to year 6. Children can also go to Great Kingshill Combined School which is a Church of England school and so has links with the local church.

Hamlets

Hamlets in Hughenden parish include:

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ^ Hughenden Parish Council
  3. ^ Historic England, "Disraeli Monument (1125201)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 22 November 2017
  4. ^ Hughenden Primary School website Archived 2007-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Hughenden Valley at Wikimedia Commons