- Ledburn
Ledburn is a hamlet in the
parish ofMentmore , inBuckinghamshire ,England , located at coord|51|53|N|0|41|W|.The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'stream with a conduit'. In manorial records of 1212 it was recorded as "Leteburn".
The hamlet consists basically of one road of houses. On the northern side of the road are mainly Victorian cottages. There are two 16th century farm houses and Ledburn Manor. The
manor house is a 16th century construction built by the Theed family. In the early 18th century it was given a new front facade, in the classical style. It is thought that the small stable block of the manor could in fact have been the original medieval manor.This hamlet has one claim to fame: it was the nearest place to the location of
The Great Train Robbery of 1963 , which occurred at Bridego Bridge, Ledburn.The southern side of the road consists of mainly modern houses. There is one
public house 'The Hare and Hounds'. During the 19th century and 20th century the hamlet was owned by Baron Mayer de Rothschild and so subsequently (by inheritance) became part of theEarl of Rosebery 'sMentmore estate. The manor house at that time served as the estate office and home of the residentLand Agent . A tinyMethodist chapel in the hamlet has recently been converted to a private house.The agricultural land in the village, having passed out of the Rothschild's ownership, in the 20th century, is now back in the family's ownership, and part of Sir Evelyn de Rothschild's Ascott Estate.
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