Soulbury

Soulbury
For the inquiry into the constitution of Sri Lanka, see Soulbury Commission.

Coordinates: 51°56′11″N 0°43′06″W / 51.9363°N 0.7183°W / 51.9363; -0.7183

Soulbury
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All Saints Church
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Soulbury Three Locks
Soulbury is located in Buckinghamshire
Soulbury

 Soulbury shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 719 [1]
OS grid reference SP885275
Parish Soulbury
District Aylesbury Vale
Shire county Buckinghamshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LEIGHTON BUZZARD
Postcode district LU7
Dialling code 01525
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Buckingham
List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire

Soulbury is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about three miles south of the Milton Keynes urban area, three miles north of Wing. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'stronghold in a gully'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Soleberie.

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The Parish

The parish contains the hamlets of :

The parish extends as far as Rammamere Farm on Watling Street. Rammamere Heath is managed with King's Wood in Heath and Reach as a nature reserve.[2]

Liscombe Park

A 17th century mansion Liscombe Park, originally the seat of the Lovett Family was rebuilt in the 1920s by the Bonsor Family who live there today. The house is built of brick with small turrets and crennelations, in the style of an 18th century pseudo gothic castle. The interiors are a mixture of panelling and some 18th century styles. Near to the house is the former much older chapel, this today has been converted to a billiards room. The house is not open to the public, but the gardens are sometimes used for fairs and fetes.

The stable block has been converted to a leisure and health complex, with a polo cross field. There is a riding stables, open to the public, adjacent to the complex.

Soulbury

Soulbury gave its name to Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, which was founded by Quaker settlers from Soulbury.

The Boot.

There is a public house in Soulbury called The Boot. Its pub sign features a boot of the Duke of Wellington, but the tradition of the Soulbury Boot is said to be much older than that. It is said that the Devil himself once came to the village, but the villagers came together to fight him off. One of them took his sword and cut off the Devil's foot and as it fell to the ground it turned to stone. The stone came to be known as the Soulbury Boot. Although fascinating, this story is said by some to have been made up by a previous pub landlord in order to attract visitors.

References

  1. ^ neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census
  2. ^ Wildlife Trust, King's Wood and Rammamere Heath.

External links

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v · d · eAylesbury Vale District
Buckinghamshire • County Council elections • District Council elections
Aylesbury Constituency • Buckingham Constituency
Towns
(Component
Areas and Hamlets)
Aylesbury (Bedgrove, Broughton, California, Elm Farm, Elmhurst, Haydon Hill, New Zealand, Prebendal Farm, Quarrendon, Queens Park, Southcourt, Turnfurlong, Walton, Walton Court) • Buckingham (Bourton, Buffler's Holt, Castle Fields, Mount Pleasant, Page Hill) • Wendover (Cobblers Hill, Concord, Dean, Hazeldean, Kings Ash, Little London, Lower Bacombe, Scrubwood, Smalldean, The Hale, Upper Bacombe, Wendover Dean, Wendover Marsh, World's End) • Winslow (Shipton, Shipton Brook)
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Other Civil Parishes
(Component Villages
and Hamlets)
Addington • Adstock • Akeley (Akeley, Stockholt) • Ashendon (Ashendon, Lower Pollicott, Upper Pollicott) • Aston Clinton (Aston Clinton, Chivery, Vaches) • Aston Abbotts • Aston Sandford • Barton Hartshorn • Beachampton • Biddlesden • Bierton with Broughton (Bierton, Broughton, Broughton Crossing, Burcott) • Boarstall (Boarstall, Honeyburge) • Brill (Brill, Little London) • Buckingham Park (Berryfields, Weedon Hill) • Buckland (Buckland, Buckland Wharf) • Calvert Green (Calvert) • Charndon • Chearsley • Cheddington (Cheddington, Cooks Wharf) • Chetwode • Chilton (Chilton, Easington) • Coldharbour (Fairford Leys) • Creslow • Cublington • Cuddington • Dinton-with-Ford and Upton (Aston Mullins, Dinton, Ford, Gibraltar, Upton, Waldridge, Westlington) • Dorton • Drayton Beauchamp • Drayton Parslow • Dunton • East Claydon (Botolph Claydon, East Claydon) • Edgcott • Edlesborough (Dagnall, Edlesborough, Northall, Ringshall) • Fleet Marston • Foscott • Gawcott with Lenborough (Gawcott, Lenborough) • Granborough (Granborough, Green End) • Great Brickhill • Great Horwood (Great Horwood, Singleborough) • Grendon Underwood • Haddenham (Haddenham, South End) • Halton • Hardwick • Hillesden • Hoggeston • Hogshaw (Fulbrook, Hogshaw) • Hulcott • Ickford • Ivinghoe (Greatgap, Horton, Ivinghoe, Ivinghoe Aston, Ringshall) • Kingsey • Kingswood (Kingswood, Tetchwick) • Leckhampstead • Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey (Lillingstone Dayrell, Luffield Abbey) • Lillingstone Lovell • Little Horwood • Long Crendon • Ludgershall • Maids Moreton • Marsh Gibbon (Marsh Gibbon, Little Marsh, Summerstown) • Marsworth (Marsworth, Startop's End) • Mentmore (Crafton, Ledburn, Mentmore) • Middle Claydon (Middle Claydon, Verney Junction) • Mursley • Nash • Nether Winchendon • Newton Longville • North Marston • Oakley (Addingrove, Little London, Oakley) • Oving • Padbury • Pitchcott • Pitstone (Barley End, Pitstone, Pitstone Green, Pitstone Hill) • Poundon • Preston Bissett • Quainton (Quainton, Shipton Lee) • Quarrendon (Berryfields) • Radclive-cum-Chackmore (Radclive, Chackmore) • Shabbington • Shalstone • Slapton (Grove, Horton Wharf, Slapton) • Soulbury (Bragenham, Chelmscote, Hollingdon, Soulbury, Stockgrove) • Steeple Claydon • Stewkley (North End, Stewkley, Stewkley Dean) • Stoke Hammond • Stoke Mandeville • Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell (Bishopstone, Hartwell, Lower Hartwell, Sedrup, Stone) • Stowe (Boycott, Dadford, Lamport, Stowe) • Swanbourne (Nearton End, Swanbourne) • Thornborough • Thornton • Tingewick • Turweston • Twyford • Upper Winchendon • Waddesdon (Eythrope, Waddesdon, Wormstone) • Water Stratford • Watermead • Weedon (East End, Weedon, Weedon Hill) • Westbury • Westcott • Weston Turville (Bye Green, Weston Turville) • Whaddon • Whitchurch • Wing (Ascott, Burcott, Littleworth, Wing) • Wingrave (Burston, Nup End, Rowsham, Wingrave) • Woodham • Worminghall • Wotton Underwood
Former Districts
and Boroughs
Former
Constituencies
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire • List of places in Buckinghamshire • List of civil parishes in Buckinghamshire

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