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What is Wendover?
Wendover is a market town at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is also a civil
parish within Aylesbury Vale district. The mainly arable parish
is 5,832 acres (24 km²) in size and contains many hamlets that nestle in amongst the lush forest on the surrounding hills.
History:
The town name is of Brythonic
origin and means "white waters", pertaining to the stream that rises in the
adjacent hills and flows through the middle of the town, bringing chalk deposits on its way.
The parish church of St
Mary is outside the town to the east on the hillside: a feature
that is very common among towns with strong Celtic origins. There is a
distinctive red brick, spired clock tower at the crossroads in the centre of
the town that was built in 1842. The tree lined Aylesbury Street includes the
16th-century timber framed Chiltern House and 18th-century Red House.
The town has had a Royal charter to hold a weekly market since 1464 meaning that officially it is a
town rather than a village, although today many residents of
Wendover like to refer to it as the latter. It is part of a civil
parish, and the parish uses the term "Parish Council" rather than
"Town Council", as it would be entitled to.
Part of the town was once the property of Anne Boleyn whose father held the manor of Aylesbury among his many estates. There is still
a row of houses in the town today, known as Anne Boleyn's Cottages. The town is
the birthplace of Gordon Onslow Ford, British surrealist artist, and it is believed to be the birthplace
of the medieval chronicler Roger of Wendover. The town is also the
birthplace of Cecilia Payne, the astronomer who first showed
that the Sun
is mainly composed of hydrogen.
The town is at the terminus of the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal, which joins Tring summit level of the Grand Union main line
beside Marsworth top lock. Disused for over a century,
the arm is in course of being restored by the Wendover Arm Trust. Remote
and rural for almost all its length, the canal attracts much local wildlife.
The Aylesbury constituency of which Wendover forms a
part has elected a Conservative MP (currently David Lidington) since 1924. Local elections, as
in May 2011, often feature only Conservative, Liberal Democrat and independent
candidates. The Wendover Parish Council, reelected in May 2011, has a small
office in the town and operates a block grant from Aylesbury Vale District
Council.
What is Wendover?
Wendover is a market town at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is also a civil
parish within Aylesbury Vale district. The mainly arable parish
is 5,832 acres (24 km²) in size and contains many hamlets that nestle in amongst the lush forest on the surrounding hills.
History:
The town name is of Brythonic
origin and means "white waters", pertaining to the stream that rises in the
adjacent hills and flows through the middle of the town, bringing chalk deposits on its way.
The parish church of St
Mary is outside the town to the east on the hillside: a feature
that is very common among towns with strong Celtic origins. There is a
distinctive red brick, spired clock tower at the crossroads in the centre of
the town that was built in 1842. The tree lined Aylesbury Street includes the
16th-century timber framed Chiltern House and 18th-century Red House.
The town has had a Royal charter to hold a weekly market since 1464 meaning that officially it is a
town rather than a village, although today many residents of
Wendover like to refer to it as the latter. It is part of a civil
parish, and the parish uses the term "Parish Council" rather than
"Town Council", as it would be entitled to.
Part of the town was once the property of Anne Boleyn whose father held the manor of Aylesbury among his many estates. There is still
a row of houses in the town today, known as Anne Boleyn's Cottages. The town is
the birthplace of Gordon Onslow Ford, British surrealist artist, and it is believed to be the birthplace
of the medieval chronicler Roger of Wendover. The town is also the
birthplace of Cecilia Payne, the astronomer who first showed
that the Sun
is mainly composed of hydrogen.
The town is at the terminus of the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal, which joins Tring summit level of the Grand Union main line
beside Marsworth top lock. Disused for over a century,
the arm is in course of being restored by the Wendover Arm Trust. Remote
and rural for almost all its length, the canal attracts much local wildlife.
The Aylesbury constituency of which Wendover forms a
part has elected a Conservative MP (currently David Lidington) since 1924. Local elections, as
in May 2011, often feature only Conservative, Liberal Democrat and independent
candidates. The Wendover Parish Council, reelected in May 2011, has a small
office in the town and operates a block grant from Aylesbury Vale District
Council.
