Woodham, Buckinghamshire

Woodham
Woodham
Woodham shown within Buckinghamshire
Population	64 (Mid-2010 pop est)
OS grid reference	SP699183
Civil parish	Woodham
District	Aylesbury Vale
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
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	Buckingham
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°51′31″N 0°59′05″W / 51.8587°N 0.9848°W / 51.8587; -0.9848Coordinates: 51°51′31″N 0°59′05″W / 51.8587°N 0.9848°W / 51.8587; -0.9848

Woodham is a hamlet and civil parish about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the hamlet was included in the civil parish of Kingswood.

The toponym is derived from the Old English for "home near a wood", referring to its proximity to the ancient Bernwood Forest.

Woodham is on the ancient Akeman Street Roman road, which since the 1920s has been classified as the A41.

In 1906 the Great Central Railway built a line through the parish and opened Akeman Street railway station where it crossed the main road at Woodham. The station had a short working life, being closed by the GCR's successor the London and North Eastern Railway in 1930.