Turville

Turville

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.6137
longitude= -0.8932
official_name= Turville
population= 311 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792169&c=Turville&d=16&e=15&g=425221&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216680059312&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
shire_county = Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Wycombe
post_town= HENLEY-ON-THAMES
civil_parish=Turville
postcode_district = RG9
postcode_area= RG
dial_code= 01491
os_grid_reference= SU765915
london_distance=
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static_image_caption= Houses in Turville, with Cobstone Windmill in the background

Turville is a village and civil parish within Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about five miles west of High Wycombe, five miles north of Henley-on-Thames.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'dry field'. It was recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 796 as "Thyrefeld".

The manor of Turville once belonged to the abbey at St Albans, but was seized by the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547. The manor house has since been rebuilt as Turville Park, a fine stately home in the village. The present incumbent of the manor is Lord Sainsbury, of the J Sainsbury plc supermarket family.

The 1942 film "Went the Day Well?" in which German paratroopers invade a small English village was filmed in Turville, as were many of the scenes from the 1963 comedy film "Father Came Too!". Additionally many of the outdoor scenes of television show "The Vicar of Dibley" were filmed in Turville, as were the outdoor scenes of "Goodnight Mr Tom", the dream scene in Bride and Prejudice, the Daffyd Thomas scenes in "Little Britain" and the Cobstone Windmill used in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" in the neighbouring village of Ibstone, overlooks the village of Turville. Scenes have also been shot in the village for "Midsomer Murders" and "Marple".

The local pub is The Bull & Butcher [ [http://www.thebullandbutcher.com/ The Bull and Butcher website] ] .

External links

* [http://gallery.beautifulengland.net/main.php?g2_itemId=454 Information and photographs of Turville]

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