Wotton Underwood
| Wotton Underwood | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' parish church | |
  Wotton Underwood Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Area | 1.053 km2 (0.407 sq mi) |
| Population | 119 (2011 Census)[1] |
| • Density | 113/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SP6816 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aylesbury |
| Postcode district | HP18 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Wotton Underwood is a village and
.The toponym is derived from the Old English for "farm near a wood". It is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of AD 848 as Wudotun and in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Oltone. The affix "Underwood" was added later to distinguish the village from other places also called Wotton. The affix means "near the wood" and refers to the village's nearness to the ancient Bernwood Forest.[2]
The present
Church
The parish church of All Saints is a Grade II* listed building, with parts dating from the 12th century: it was largely rebuilt in 1867 by G. E. Street for the Duke of Buckingham. The South aisle contains several monuments to members of the Grenville family, who were lords of the manor from the 12th to the 18th century. There are also monuments to Richard, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (d. 1889), and his wife Caroline, Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos (d. 1874).
All Saints's Church is a member of the Bernwode Benefice of the Church of England, which covers Wotton Underwood, along with the village parishes of Ashendon, Boarstall, Brill, Chilton, Dorton, and Ludgershall. [4]
Railways
The
The
Geography
The parish is on a mid-height escarpment of the outer Chiltern Hills and has an irregular shape generally bounded by headwaters. It includes a southern thin projection skirting Ashendon. Two streams rise just outside the area and flow into the south-centre from west and east and then flow north. Its relatively small area and low population itself was reduced by an enclosure act - see Wotton House. In 1821 its population reached 344 residents, which has not been exceeded since.[7] Otherwise bereft of woods and lakes, the west part has two lakes and the Warrens, an area of woodland laid out by Wotton House. The number of houses fell from 73 in 1951 to 42 ten years later.[8]
Notable residents
- The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
- William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
- Sir John Gielgud
- Tony Blair[9]
References
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ^ Seen as Wotton Under Bernewode, in 1377; Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; CP 40/466; Edward III; 1377; last entry on image: http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT4/E3/CP40no466/aCP40no466fronts/IMG_0221.htm
- ^ Jones, Sam (5 May 2008). "Blairs pay £4m for Gielgud's former home". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 May 2008.
- ^ "All Saints, Wotton Underwood". Bernwode Benefice.
- ISBN 1-904474-91-8.
- ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (November 2006). "figs. 61,62". Aylesbury to Rugby.
- ^ "A Vision of Britain" Units and statistics collated by the University of Portsmouth and others. Retrieved 2016-09-04
- ^ "A Vision of Britain" Units and statistics collated by the University of Portsmouth and others. Retrieved 2016-09-04
- ^ Swaine, Jon (3 April 2010). "Tony Blair 'has blighted Buckinghamshire village'". Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
Further reading
- Page, William, ed. (1927). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. pp. 130–134.
- ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
External links
Media related to Wotton Underwood at Wikimedia Commons
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