Wooburn

Wooburn
Wooburn
	St. Paul's parish church
	Wooburn Location withinBuckinghamshire
Population	10,792 (2011 Census including Hedsor)
OS grid reference	SU908877
Civil parish	Wooburn;
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire;
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	High Wycombe
Postcode district	HP10
Dialling code	01628
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Beaconsfield;
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°34′52″N0°41′28″W/ 51.581°N 0.691°W

Wooburnis a large village inBuckinghamshire,England.^[2]It is located off theA4094 roadbetweenWooburn GreenandBourne Endin the very south of the county near theRiver Thames,about two miles south west ofBeaconsfieldand four miles east ofMarlow.Wooburn is one of the two principal settlements withinWooburn,acivil parishinWycombe district.^[3]

The villagetoponymis derived from theOld Englishfor "walled stream". This refers to theRiver Wye,which has its source nearWest Wycombeand runs through the village to join the River Thames at Bourne End. The river runs along the boundary ofWarren Nature Reserve,aLocal Nature Reservewhich adjoins Wooburn Park. In theDomesday Bookof 1086 the village was recorded asWabornethough earlier, in 1075, it had been referred to asWaburna.^[4]^[5] TheChurch of England parish churchofSaint Paulis medieval but was extensively altered by theGothic Revival architect William Butterfieldin 1869. It has a flintnaveand a tall tower. There are some half timbered houses facing the churchyard and nearby there is a flint school house.

Themanor houseof Wooburn was once apalaceof theBishops of Lincoln.

The former Wooburn Grange Country Club was used as the exterior of theFawlty Towershotel in the classic 1970s sitcom. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1991, then demolished and a housing estate was built on the site.

References

^"Civil Parish population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved15 November2016.
^Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell)(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012.ISBN 9780319232149.
^"Ordnance Survey Election Maps".ordnancesurvey.co.uk.Ordnance Survey.Retrieved18 February2016.
^Professor J.J.N.Palmer."Open Doomsday: Wooburn".opendomesday.org.Anna Powell-Smith.Retrieved3 February2016.
^Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991].A Dictionary of British Place Names(First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 507.ISBN 9780199609086.

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011".Neighbourhood Statistics.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved15 November2016.

[OS175-2] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 175Reading & Windsor (Henley-on-Thames & Bracknell)(Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012.ISBN 9780319232149.

[OSelec-3] "Ordnance Survey Election Maps".ordnancesurvey.co.uk.Ordnance Survey.Retrieved18 February2016.

[4] Professor J.J.N.Palmer."Open Doomsday: Wooburn".opendomesday.org.Anna Powell-Smith.Retrieved3 February2016.

[5] Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991].A Dictionary of British Place Names(First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 507.ISBN 9780199609086.

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