- Fawley, Buckinghamshire
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.57591
longitude= -0.91046
official_name= Fawley
population= 255 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792150&c=Fawley&d=16&e=15&g=425213&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216326219610&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
civil_parish= Fawley
shire_district=Wycombe
shire_county =Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Wycombe
post_town=Henley-on-Thames
postcode_district = RG9
postcode_area= RG
dial_code= 01491
static_
static_image_caption= St Mary's, Fawley
os_grid_reference=SU756869
london_distance=Fawley is a
village andcivil parish withinWycombe district in the south-western corner ofBuckinghamshire ,England . It sits on the border between Buckinghamshire andOxfordshire , about seven miles west of Great Marlow and north ofHenley-on-Thames .The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means 'fallow-coloured woodland clearing'. It was recorded in the
Domesday Book of 1086 as "Falelie". There are two other places in the country calledFawley .Sir
Bulstrode Whitelocke , a prominentMember of Parliament in Cromwell's day, was from Fawley. In 1642 he allowedsoldier s fighting in theEnglish Civil War to stay at themanor house in Fawley, but they were quite raucous in their behaviour and completely destroyed the contents of the house. In 1684 the house was completely redesigned, following a design bySir Christopher Wren .The
parish church, which was rebuilt in 1748, is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. It has a "Tree of Life" stained glass window designed by the artist John Piper, who lived nearby inFawley Bottom , andPatrick Reyntiens .See also
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Fawley Bottom
*Fawley Court References
External links
* [http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Fawley/ UK & Ireland Genealogy — Fawley] historical information
* [http://www.bucksstainedglass.org.uk/Indices/pl0084.htm Windows in St Mary, Fawley, Bucks] from [http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/glass/ Buckinghamshire Stained Glass]
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