Stone, Buckinghamshire
Stone | |
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Buckinghamshire | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | AYLESBURY |
Postcode district | HP17 |
Dialling code | 01296 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Stone is a village and former
The architect Clough Williams-Ellis designed the village hall in 1910. The original dedication stone with his name on is on the south eastern corner of the building.
Description
The village name is
The village of Stone adjoins the village of Hartwell.
The parish church (www.stonedintonhartwell.com) is dedicated to St John the Baptist, and is dated 1273. The graveyard contains the grave of Admiral Smyth.
1806 description
In 1806, Magna Britannia[2] described Stone as
- STONE, in the hundred of Aylesbury and deanery of Wendover, lies nearly three miles west of Aylesbury, on the road to Thame. The manor was anciently in the family of Braci, afterwards in that of Whittingham. It has been since held for many years by the Lees with the adjoining manor of Hartwell, and is now the property of the Rev. Sir George Lee bart.
- The parish church which was consecrated in 1273, retains some vestiges of the architecture of that period. The rectory was given by the Braci family to the priory of Oseney. By the act of parliament which passed for inclosing this parish in 1776, it appears that the Lees were entitled to the great tithes of Southwarp in Stone, and the earl of Chesterfield to those of the remainder of the parish. Allotments of land were then assigned to the impropriators and to the vicar, who was entitled to the tithes of hay. Sir George Lee is patron and incumbent of the vicarage.
Astronomical observatory
In 1839, John Lee and the Royal Astronomical Society jointly owned the advowson of the parish. They appointed amateur scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society, the Rev. Joseph Bancroft Reade as vicar. Reade served as incumbent until 1859, establishing a school and an astronomical observatory, and performing pioneering work in the early development of photography.[3][4]
Village school
Stone Church of England Combined School is
St. John's Hospital
In the early 19th century an
World War II prisoner of war camp
During
The camp was known to house Italian prisoners from 1942 to 1946 and consisted mostly of tents with one hut.
Civil parish
On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Hartwell to form "Stone with Bishopstone & Hartwell".[12] In 1961 the parish had a population of 2106.[13]
References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ^ Magna Britannia: Buckinghamshire, Lysons S. and Lysons D., 1806
- ^ The Stone observatory included both a transit room and a 14-foot diameter equatorial room and is described in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (1853)
- ^ Wood (2004)
- ^ "Stone Church of England Combined School – Inspection Reports". Ofsted. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Stone Church of England Combined School – Key Stage 2 achievement and attainment Tables 2007". Department for Children, Schools and Families. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "St John's Hospital, Stone". National Register of Archives. The National Archives. GB/NNAF/C53394. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ England, Historic (1 November 2003). "Prisoner of War Camps (1939 - 1948) - Twentieth Century Military Recording Project" (pdf). Historic England. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "POW Camps in UK - 1 to 50". Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "Aylesbury Vale Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- History and topography of Buckinghamshire: comprising a general survey of the county, preceded by an epitome of the early history of Great Britain Author James Joseph Sheahan, Publisher Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862, Stone pages 198–204 -ISBN 0-8048-3390-7