Wooburn
| Wooburn | |
|---|---|
 St. Paul's parish church | |
  Wooburn Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 10,792 (2011 Census including Hedsor)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU908877 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | High Wycombe |
| Postcode district | HP10 |
| Dialling code | 01628 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Wooburn is a large village in
Wycombe district.[3]
The village
Local Nature Reserve which adjoins Wooburn Park. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Waborne though earlier, in 1075, it had been referred to as Waburna.[4][5]
The Saint Paul is medieval but was extensively altered by the Gothic Revival architect William Butterfield in 1869. It has a flint nave
and a tall tower. There are some half timbered houses facing the churchyard and nearby there is a flint school house.
The manor house of Wooburn was once a palace of the Bishops of Lincoln.
The former Wooburn Grange Country Club was used as the exterior of the Fawlty Towers hotel in the classic 1970s sitcom. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1991, then demolished and a housing estate was built on the site.
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ISBN 9780319232149.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Doomsday: Wooburn". www.opendomesday.org. Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ISBN 9780199609086.
External links
Media related to Wooburn at Wikimedia Commons
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