Waddesdon
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  Waddesdon Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 2,097 (2011, including Fleet Marston and Upper Winchendon)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP743168 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | AYLESBURY |
| Postcode district | HP18 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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Waddesdon /ˈwɒdzdən/ is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone. Waddesdon was an agricultural settlement with milling, silk weaving and lace making enterprises.
History
The name 'Waddesdon' means 'hill of a man named Wott'.[2]
The
Waddesdon was involved in the marriage of
Between 1897 and 1936, Waddesdon had train services on the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (later part of the Metropolitan) at Waddesdon railway station, two miles from the village. There was also a halt on the Brill Tramway.
In 1874,
On 17 November 2017, near Waddesdon, there was a mid-air collision between an aeroplane and a helicopter, with four fatalities.[4]
Education
Waddesdon Village Primary School is a mixed, community, primary school, which has approximately 200 pupils from the age of four through to the age of eleven. The village is also home to Waddesdon Church of England School, a secondary school which holds over 1000 students and staff. It has over 600 students.
Notable residents
- Peter Palmer (died 1621), justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), was born in Waddesdon, where his family leased the main mansion house.
- Alice Shalvi
Gallery
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St Michael and All Angels Church -
Waddesdon
References
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ISBN 978-1-4456-4471-4.
- ^ "Aircraft and helicopter in mid-air crash in Waddesdon". BBC News Online. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
Emergency services were called to the site, near Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury, at 12:06 GMT
Further reading
- Carr, Norman; Gurney, Ivor (1996). Waddesdon's Golden Years: 1874-1925. Waddesdon Manor: The Alice Trust. ISBN 978-0-9527809-1-5.
External links
- Waddesdon Manor
- Waddesdon Village Primary School website[permanent dead link]
- Waddesdon Policing Team
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