Turweston

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Turweston
latitude= 52.0347
longitude= -1.1246
civil_parish= Turweston
population = 206 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792096&c=turweston&d=16&e=15&g=424428&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216758423469&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 National Statistics 2001 Census] ]
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Aylesbury
post_town= BRACKLEY
postcode_district= NN13
postcode_area= NN
dial_code= 01280
os_grid_reference= SP605375
static_

static_image_caption=Cottages in Turweston

Turweston is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the north of the county, near the border with Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, about a mile east of Brackley in the latter.

The village name is Scandinavian in origin, and means 'Þorfrøthr's village'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Turvestone".

There is also an operational former World War II airfield at Turweston Airfield, now also a conference centre, business park and rally school.

References