Weedon, Buckinghamshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Weedon
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latitude= 51.8559
longitude= -0.8194
civil_parish= Weedon
population = 388 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792101&c=weedon&d=16&e=15&g=424461&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216762824548&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statisitcs 2001 Census] ]
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Aylesbury
post_town= AYLESBURY
postcode_district= HP22
postcode_area= HP
dial_code= 01296
os_grid_reference= SP813181

Weedon is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district to the north of Aylesbury and south of Hardwick in Buckinghamshire, England.

The village name is Old English in origin, and means 'hill with a heathen temple'. In records dated 1066 the village was recorded as "Weodune".

Weedon has a Methodist Chapel and a pub called the "Five Elms".

Land within the parish, to the southwest of the village and adjacent to the northern edge of Aylesbury has been designated a Major Development Area - Weedon Hill - which when complete will comprise 850 houses along with a local centre, a secondary school and the new Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station.

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