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Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes.
The area under the control of Buckinghamshire County Council, or shire county, is divided into four districts - Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and forms part of the county for various functions such as Lord Lieutenant but does not come under county council control. The ceremonial county, the area including Milton Keynes borough, borders Greater London, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
Selected article
Beaconsfield ( pronunciation (help·info); IPA /ˈbekənzfiːld/) is a market town and civil parish operating as a town council within South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England lying almost 25 miles NW of London. The town sits in the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of the London commuter belt, thus the average cost of housing in the town is high. It is in the South Bucks local government district, which was known as the Beaconsfield district from 1974 to 1980.
Selected biography
Michael James Wallace Ashley (born 1963 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire) is an English billionaire retail entrepreneur, in the sporting goods market. He is also the owner of Newcastle United after paying around £135 million to buy the club.
Ranked 54th in the 2008 version of the Sunday Times Rich List with estimated wealth of £1.4 billion, Ashley was seen as an intensely private person, who never attended industry functions or gives interviews. Philip Beresforde, who compiles the annual Sunday Times list, said neither he nor his staff have ever managed to contact Ashley, and describes him as "easily Britain's answer to the late Howard Hughes." However, since Sports Direct International Plc went public, and his purchase of Newcastle United where he has taken to sitting in the stands with fans, Ashley has taken on a more public and accessible persona.
In the news
- Prince Edward officially opened the new Eden Shopping Centre in High Wycombe on 9th July.
Topics
Ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire PortalUnitary authorities Boroughs or districts - Aylesbury Vale
- Chiltern
- South Bucks
- Wycombe
Major settlements Rivers Topics - Boundary changes
- Grade I listed buildings
- High Sheriff
- History
- Lord Lieutenant
- Monastic houses
- Museums
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Places
- Places of interest
- Railways
- Schools (Bucks)
- Schools (Milton Keynes)
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest
- Transport
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- Wikipedia:WikiProject Buckinghamshire
- Wikipedia:WikiProject England
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK geography
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