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Buckinghamshire



Buckingham has several lines running through it, serving many parts of the county. The main train operator in Buckinghamshire is Chiltern Railways which run trains on the Chiltern Main Line and London to Aylesbury Line. Towns served by Chiltern include Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Gerrards Cross, and Amersham. Their headquarters is at Aylesbury. Virgin Trains and London Midland provide trains on the West Coast Main Line which runs to the north east of the county serving the town of Milton Keynes. London Underground's Metropolitan Line also serves towns in the south east of the county calling at Amersham and Chesham. There are proposals for a new rail service along the disused Varsity Line which runs right across the north of the county.

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Settlements

This is a list of the towns in the shire county of Buckinghamshire. For the full list of towns, villages and hamlets in Buckinghamshire, see List of places in Buckinghamshire.

This is a list of the towns in the historic bounds of Buckinghamshire that after various local government reorganisations are no longer administered as part of it.

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Education

Buckinghamshire LEA has a completely selective education system with either grammar schools or secondary modern schools. There are 9 independent schools and 34 state schools, not including sixth form colleges.


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Notable people

Anciently Buckinghamshire is the birth place and/or final resting place of several notable individuals. Saint Osyth was born in Quarrendon and was buried in Aylesbury in the 7th century[10] while at about the same time Saint Rumwold was buried in Buckingham[11]. From the medieval period Roger of Wendover was, as the name suggests, from Wendover[12] and Anne Boleyn also owned property in the same town[13]. It is said that King Henry VIII made Aylesbury the county town over Buckingham because Boleyn's father owned property there and was a regular visitor himself[14]. Other medieval residents included Edward the Confessor who had a palace at Brill[15] and John Wycliffe who lived in Ludgershall[16].

From a slightly later period Buckinghamshire became home to some notable literary characters. Edmund Waller was brought up in Beaconsfield and served as Member of Parliament for both Amersham and Wycombe[17]. Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary spent some time living in Marlow, attracted to the town by their friend Thomas Love Peacock who also lived there[18]. John Milton lived in Chalfont St Giles and his cottage can still be visited there[19] and John Wilkes served as Member of Parliament for Aylesbury[20]. Much later literary characters include Jerome K. Jerome who lived at Marlow[21], T. S. Eliot who also lived at Marlow[22], Roald Dahl who lived in Great Missenden[23], Enid Blyton who lived in Beaconsfield[24] and Edgar Wallace who lived in Bourne End[25] and is buried in Little Marlow[26]. Modern-day writers from Bucks include Terry Pratchett who was born in Beaconsfield[27], Tim Rice who is from Amersham[28] and Andy Riley who is from Aylesbury[29].

During the Second World War a number of politicians and world leaders from Europe came to England to seek exile. Due to its proximity to London various locations in Buckinghamshire were selected to house dignitaries. President Edvard Beneš of Czechoslovakia lived at Aston Abbotts with his family while some of his officials were stationed at nearby Addington and Wingrave[30]. Meanwhile Władysław Sikorski, military leader of Poland, lived at Iver[31] and King Zog of Albania lived at Frieth[32]. Bucks is also notable for another exile, although this one much earlier: King Louis XVIII of France lived in exile at Hartwell House from 1809 to 1814[33].

Also on the local political stage Buckinghamshire has been home to Nancy Astor who lived in Cliveden[34], Frederick, Prince of Wales who also lived in Cliveden[35], Baron Carrington who lives in Bledlow[36], Benjamin Disraeli who lived at Hughenden Manor and was made Earl of Beaconsfield[37], John Hampden who was from Great Hampden and is revered in Aylesbury to this day[38] and Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery who lived at Mentmore[39]. Also worthy of note are William Penn who believed he was descended from the Penn family of Penn and so is buried nearby[40] and the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who has an official residence at Chequers. Finally John Archdale colonial governor of North Carolina and South Carolina, although more notably American, was born in Buckinghamshire[41]

Other natives of Buckinghamshire who have become notable in their own right include:

Today Buckinghamshire is a very picturesque landscape and is home to numerous celebrities and has attracted its fair share in the past. These include:

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See also

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References

  1. ^ Biography of John Hampden
  2. ^ Report on deprivation from Wycombe District Council, showing some areas among top 20% of national deprivation figures
  3. ^ Regional GDP per capita in the EU25 GDP per capita in 2002 ranged from 32% of the EU25 average in Lubelskie to 315% in Inner London
  4. ^ Office of National Statistics (pp.240-253)
  5. ^ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
  6. ^ includes hunting and forestry
  7. ^ includes energy and construction
  8. ^ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
  9. ^ UK average index base = 100
  10. ^ Tendring District Council Conservation Area Review (pdf)
  11. ^ Biography of St Rumwold, University of Buckingham
  12. ^ Medieval Sourcebook: Roger of Wendover
  13. ^ Picture Tour at Chiltern Web
  14. ^ Aylesbury Tourist Information
  15. ^ Genuki guide to Brill
  16. ^ Biography of John Wycliffe
  17. ^ Biography of Edmund Waller
  18. ^ Biography of Thomas Love Peacock
  19. ^ Milton's Cottage website
  20. ^ Review of a biography of John Wilkes
  21. ^ Literary guide to Marlow
  22. ^ Tourist guide to Marlow
  23. ^ About Britain.com
  24. ^ Guide to Beaconsfield
  25. ^ Bourne End online
  26. ^ Biography of Edgar Wallace
  27. ^ Biography of Terry Pratchett
  28. ^ Tim Rice profile at IMDb
  29. ^ Aylesbury Grammar School Old Boys data
  30. ^ Czechs in Exile at Aston Abbotts
  31. ^ Czechs in Exile - Polish government comparison
  32. ^ Bucks Free Press
  33. ^ Biography of Louis XVIII of France
  34. ^ Guide to Cliveden
  35. ^ New York Times Travel Supplement
  36. ^ Visit Buckinghamshire - Bledlow
  37. ^ Biography of Disraeli
  38. ^ Biography of John Hampden
  39. ^ Genuki guide to Mentmore
  40. ^ Biography of William Penn
  41. ^ (1963) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 

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