Quainton

Coordinates: 51°52′26″N 0°54′58″W / 51.874°N 0.916°W / 51.874; -0.916
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Quainton
Quainton church and 17th-century Winwood Almshouses
Quainton is located in Buckinghamshire
Quainton
Quainton
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population1,292 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP745201
• London42.6 miles (68.6 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Quainton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAYLESBURY
Postcode districtHP22
Dialling code01296
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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51°52′26″N 0°54′58″W / 51.874°N 0.916°W / 51.874; -0.916

Quainton (formerly Quainton Malet)

public house. The location means that while many commute to London
, others are employed in neighbouring towns and villages.

The remains of the preaching cross on the Village Green.

Its name is

Old English and means Queen's Estate (cwen tun). It is not known to which queen this refers, but possibly the Queen was Edith, the wife of Edward the Confessor. Known as "Fair Edith" she held manors in this part of Buckinghamshire, including a hunting lodge at Mentmore. Edward the Confessor had a palace at nearby Brill
.

The former suffix Malet refers to the Malet family who were

crusades, and had associations with the Hospitallers, the organization credited with rebuilding Quainton church circa 1340. The Hospitallers erected the cross on the village green
, the base and shaft of which still remain.

Quainton Village Green with Quainton Windmill in the distance, one of the most visible buildings in the village.

The village green in the centre of the village has grouped around it some of the half-timbered thatched cottages for which the village is known.

The parish church is dedicated to

King James Version of the Bible, is buried in the chancel.[3]

Close by the church is the former

linenfold panelling
.

The plaque on the porch of the Almshouses reads: :Anno Domini 1687 —- These Alms houses were - then erected endowed - by Richard Winwood Esq. - son, heir of the Rt. Honourable - Sir Ralph Winwood Knight - Principal Secretary of State - to King James I

The Winwood Almshouses, still inhabited, were built to house the poor, their gothic style of architecture belying the construction date of 1687. They are a terrace of eight small cottages, one storey high with a row of dormers in the attics. These attic windows have alternating small and large gables. The terrace is decorated by two porches, with a plaque above. The almshouses are further adorned by diagonally placed chimney stacks.

One of the most visible buildings is the 70 ft high Quainton Windmill, built in 1830–32. Derelict for the greater part of the 20th century it was restored in 1997 and can grind wheat into flour. Further restoration continues.

The local headquarters for the RSPCA are in the parish, outside the village.

Quainton has a mix of old and new dwellings.

Located just out from Quainton beyond the church is what was, at one point, one of the largest beef cattle farms in Buckinghamshire, Denham Farm. This ceased being a going farm towards the end of 1990s and it is now a house.

Education

Quainton Church of England Combined School is a mixed Church of England primary school. It is a voluntary controlled school, which takes children from 4 to 11. The school currently has around 185 pupils.

Transport

Rail

Quainton's nearest National Rail station is

Bank Holidays. The station was also once a junction for the light railway (closed in 1936), sometimes known as the Brill Tramway, connecting Quainton with Brill
.

Buses

Quainton is served by

Arriva's 16 service between Aylesbury and Steeple Claydon
via Aylesbury Vale Parkway station. There are nine buses daily in each direction on Mondays to Fridays and a reduced service on Saturdays.

Notable people

  • Hilda Mary Woods MBE (1892–1971), statistician
  • Joseph Mayett, 1783–1839, Autobiography, Joseph Mayett of Quainton
  • Ruth Goodman
    (1963-) (historian and television presenter)
  • Mark Smith (1965-), The Man in Seat Sixty-One

References

  1. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. ^ Plea rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/647; "AALT Page". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2013. 7th entry, with "North" in the margin; the defendant, Richard Longe is of Quenton Malet
  3. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help
    )

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