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Upper Winchendon

Upper Winchendon
Upper Winchendon, The Church of St Mary Magdalene - geograph.org.uk - 184578.jpg
St Mary Magdalene parish church
Upper Winchendon is located in Buckinghamshire
Upper Winchendon
Upper Winchendon
Upper Winchendon shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 87 (Mid-2010 pop est)
OS grid reference SP745145
Civil parish
  • Upper Winchendon
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Aylesbury
Postcode district HP18
Dialling code 01296
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°49′22″N 0°55′05″W / 51.8227°N 0.9181°W / 51.8227; -0.9181Coordinates: 51°49′22″N 0°55′05″W / 51.8227°N 0.9181°W / 51.8227; -0.9181

Upper Winchendon or Over Winchendon is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale District of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Waddesdon and three and 4.5 miles (7 km) west of Aylesbury.

The name "Winchendon" is derived from the Old English for "hill at a bend". Collectively the villages of Upper Winchendon and Nether Winchendon (or Lower Winchendon) were called Wichendone.

The manor of Upper Winchendon was held by the convent of St Frideswide in Oxford, to whom it was given by King Henry I. After the suppression of the convent in the Dissolution of the Monasteries the manor was given to Cardinal Wolsey, but was seized by the Crown shortly afterwards in 1530 along with Wolsey's other estates.

In 1623 the manor was granted by the Crown to the Goodwin family, who enlarged the manor house into a mansion. It then passed into the Wharton family, one of whom was made the Duke of Wharton in 1718 for his services to the Crown. He later had all his possessions seized for being a supporter of the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie), after which time the house fell into disrepair and has since been demolished.

In birth order.



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