Turvilleis a village andcivil parishinBuckinghamshire,England. It is in theChiltern Hills,5 miles (8.0 km) west ofHigh Wycombe,6 miles (9.7 km) east-southeast ofWatlington,7 miles (11 km) north ofHenley-on-Thamesand 2 miles (3 km) from theOxfordshireborder. The name isAnglo-Saxonin origin and means 'dry field'. It was recorded in theAnglo-Saxon Chroniclein 796 asThyrefeld.
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 View from a hill overlooking Turville | |
  Turville Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
| Population | 340 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU765915 |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HENLEY-ON-THAMES |
| Postcode district | RG9 |
| Dialling code | 01491 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Themanorof Turville once belonged to the abbey atSt Albans,but was seized by the Crown in theDissolution of the Monasteriesin 1547. Themanor househas since been rebuilt as Turville Park, and was held by the Hoare Nairne family for most of the 20th century. The present incumbent of the manor isLord Sainsbury.Turville was home toEllen Sadler,who fell asleep in 1871, aged eleven, and purportedly did not wake for nine years, becoming known as the "Sleeping Girl of Turville". The case attracted international attention from newspapers, medical professionals and the public. Rumours persist in the region that Sadler was visited by royalty for a "laying on of hands".[2][3]The local pub is the Bull and Butcher.[4]Turville is well known for itscarrots,and is informally referred to as the "carrot capital" of theUnited Kingdom.[5]Turville Hillis aSite of Special Scientific Importance,and it includesCobstone Windmill.
Notable people
edit- Geoffrey de Turville(died 1250),Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- Charles François Dumouriez(1739-1823), French royalist general
- Ellen Sadler(1859-1901), "The Sleeping Girl of Turville", tourist attraction
- Lord Sainsbury of Turville(born 1940), businessman, politician, and philanthropist
- SirJohn Mortimer,(1923-2009), Barrister, playwright, novelist
Transport
editThere are no public transport routes (either bus or rail) that serve the village.
In literature
edit- Edward Mayhew, one of the two main characters inIan McEwan'sOn Chesil Beach,comes from Turville.
Filming location
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Turville is an English village, with several historic stone and timber houses around a village green. It has thus been used a filming location on numerous occasions:
The 1942Ealing StudiosfilmWent the Day Well?,in which German paratroopers invade a small English village, was filmed in Turville,[6]as were many of the scenes from the 1963 comedy filmFather Came Too!The whole ofThe Large Rope,a 1953 B-movie starring Donald Houston, was filmed in the village, as were the dream scene inBride and Prejudiceand a brief scene inI Capture the Castle.In June 2012, filming for the live-action Disney filmMaleficenttook place just outside the village.[7]Cobstone Windmillin the neighbouring parish ofIbstone,used inChitty Chitty Bang Bang,overlooks the village of Turville.
Additionally, many of the outdoor scenes of television showGoodnight Mr Tomwere filmed in Turville. Scenes have also been shot in the village forMidsomer Murders,Lewis,Marple,Foyle's War,Little Britain,the 2008 Christmas special ofJonathan Creek,the British dramaAn Educationand the 2009 BBC adaptation ofThe Day of the Triffids.The fourth episode of the first series ofKilling Evewas shot in the village, with an armed ambush and car chase shot in the village centre and on the surrounding country roads. The village was the location for outdoor scenes in the sitcomThe Vicar of Dibley.In the series, the church ofSt Mary the Virginwas renamed St Barnabus [sic].
The music video for the song "Apparition" byStealing Sheepwas shot in the village.[8]
References
edit- ^"Civil Parish population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved25 November2016.
- ^Barham, Tony (1973).Witchcraft in the Thames Valley.Spurbooks. pp. 20–27.ISBN9780902875371.
- ^Staff (6 November 2009)."Our very own 'Sleeping Beauty'".Bucks Free Press.Gannett Company.
- ^The Bull and Butcher website
- ^"Carrot Capital of the UK".big-carrots.Retrieved21 April2024.
- ^"Went the Day Well?".Retrieved22 May2022.
- ^Ramsdale, Suzannah (21 June 2012)."First pics of Angelina Jolie filming Maleficent in Buckinghamshire".Marie Claire.Retrieved11 February2021.
- ^"Let mysterious Morris dancers take you elsewhere in this bizarre music video".Boing Boing.Retrieved20 October2015.
External links
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Media related toTurvilleat Wikimedia Commons- Map sourcesfor Turville
