- Chilton, Buckinghamshire
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Coordinates: 51°47′53″N 1°00′29″W / 51.798°N 1.008°W
Chilton 
Chilton
Chilton shown within BuckinghamshirePopulation 347 (2001 census)[1] OS grid reference SP6811 Parish Chilton District Aylesbury Vale Shire county Buckinghamshire Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Aylesbury Postcode district HP18 Dialling code 01844 Police Thames Valley Fire Buckinghamshire Ambulance South Central EU Parliament South East England UK Parliament Aylesbury List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire Chilton is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the west of the county, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Thame in Oxfordshire. Chilton parish includes the hamlet of Easington (not to be confused with the Oxfordshire village of Easington).
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Manor
The toponym "Chilton" is derived from the Old English for "young man's farm".[citation needed] The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Ciltone.[2] It evolved via the forms Chiltone in the 12th century and Schelton in the 18th century before reaching its present form.[2]
Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington.[2] However, the Domesday Book records that by 1086 the Norman baron Walter Giffard held the two manors.[2]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was originally a 12th century Norman building but few details survive from that period.[2] The chancel and south transept are 13th century, the Decorated Gothic tower forms the north transept[3] and is mid-14th century.[2] The nave,[4] chancel arch and chancel roof were renewed in the 15th century.[2] The Perpendicular Gothic south chapel was added in about 1520.[2]
References
- ^ "Area selected: Aylesbury Vale (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do;jsessionid=X58WTK8QDMzr1T0bFqfhngYBZY2Q2bm6Y9dS2Cwvhgb7dJ0pm1NV!-857689500!1321876528938?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790323. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Page 1927, pp. 22–27.
- ^ Pevsner 1973, p. 95.
- ^ Reed 1979, p. 138.
Sources
- Page, W.H., ed (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 22–27.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1966]. Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0 14 071019 1.
- Reed, Michael (1979). Hoskins, W.G.; Millward, Roy. eds. The Buckinghamshire Landscape. The Making of the English Landscape. London: Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 74, 138. ISBN 0-340-19044-2.
Categories:- Villages in Buckinghamshire
- Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
- Buckinghamshire geography stubs
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