Ivinghoe

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Ivinghoe
latitude= 51.836384
longitude= -0.626118
population = 904 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792053&c=Ivinghoe&d=16&e=15&g=424155&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216852172143&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
civil_parish= Ivinghoe
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county = Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster=Buckingham
post_town= LEIGHTON BUZZARD
postcode_district= LU7
postcode_area= LU
dial_code= 01525
os_grid_reference= SP946162

Ivinghoe is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It is four miles north of Tring and six miles south of Leighton Buzzard, close to the village of Pitstone.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Ifa's hill-spur'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as "Evinghehou".

The large church dates from 1220 but was set on fire in 1234 in an act of spite against the local Bishop. The church was rebuilt in 1241.

For a village Ivinghoe has an unusual feature: a town hall, rather than a village hall. The village has some fine examples of Tudor architecture, particularly around the village green.

Ivinghoe Beacon, near the village, is an ancient beacons, or signal points, used in times of crisis to send messages across the country and is popular with people flying model aircraft. The hill is the site of an early Iron age hillfort which during excavations in the 1960s was identified from bronzework finds to date back to the Bronze-Iron transition period between 800-700 BC. Like many other similar hillforts in the Chilterns it is thought to have been occupied for only a short period, possibly less than one generation.

Nearby is Pitstone Windmill, owned by the National Trust.

Scenes for feature films, such as Quatermass 2, have been shot at Ivinghoe Beacon.

Ivinghoe Aston is a large hamlet within the parish of Ivinghoe. Its name refers to a farm to the east of the main village. The hamlet has four farms and some houses. There is also a public house, "The Village Swan", which was bought by some of the residents in 1997. The hamlet has close connections with the Vale of Aylesbury Hunt, and the South Hertfordshire Beagle pack. Both packs meet and hunt in the hamlet.

A small stream called Whistle Brook flows down through the hamlet, from the Chilterns above, to join the River Ouzel at nearby Slapton.

Horton is another hamlet in the parish of Ivinghoe.

Brookmead School is a mixed, foundation primary school in Ivinghoe. It takes children from the age of four through to the age of eleven. The school has 280 pupils.

References

External links

* [http://www.ivinghoe.co.uk/ Village Website]
* [http://www.ipschurches.co.uk/ St.Mary’s Church]
* [http://www.brookmead-school.org/ Brookmead School]