Poundon

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.9246
longitude= -1.0594
population= 121 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792077&c=poundon&d=16&e=15&g=424320&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216583517445&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
official_name= Poundon
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county = Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
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constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= BICESTER
postcode_district = OX27
postcode_area= OX
dial_code= 01869
os_grid_reference= SP645255

Poundon is a hamlet and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located near the Oxfordshire border, about four miles north east of Bicester, three miles south west of Steeple Claydon.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, though its meaning is uncertain. In manorial rolls of 1255 it was recorded as "Paundon".

During the Second World War Poundon was the site of stations 53b and 53c of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Just outside the village is Tower Hill Business Park. This was previously Poundon Hill Wireless Station, a FCO/MI6 signals intelligence station. [cite web
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