Hogshaw with Fulbrook

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Hogshaw with Fulbrook
latitude= 51.8977
longitude= -0.9190
civil_parish= Hogshaw with Fulbrook
population = 43 [ [http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/index.jsp?contentid=-52810229 Bucks CC Civil Parish Statistics] ]
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= BUCKINGHAM
postcode_district= MK18
postcode_area= MK
dial_code= 01296
os_grid_reference= SP748223

Hogshaw with Fulbrook is a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It comprises the two ancient villages of Hogshaw and Fulbrook, though neither exist in their entirety any more. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, between East Claydon and Quainton.

The village name 'Hogshaw' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Hogg's brook' (where 'Hogg' is someone's personal name). In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as "Hoggsceaga". The village name 'Fulbrook' is also Anglo Saxon, and means 'foul brook'. In the Domesday Book it was recorded as "Fulebroc".

Anciently the parish was in the possession of the Knights Templar, and when that order was abolished the Knights Hospitaller. However in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547 the parish was seized by the Crown. It was after this time that the villages become depopulated. It was in 1720 that the church was officially depopulated for financial reasons, and the remaining villagers forced to worship at East Claydon. The church was demolished shortly after.

All that remains of the two villages today is seven houses.

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