Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Whitchurch
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latitude= 51.877267
longitude= -0.832011
civil_parish= Whitchurch
population = 857 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792107&c=Whitchurch&d=16&e=15&g=424462&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216765961856&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 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= SP8020

Whitchurch is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about four miles south of Winslow, four miles north of Aylesbury and has approximately 850 residents. [cite web
title=Parish Headcounts - Whitchurch CP (Parish)
publisher=Office for National Statistics
url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792107&c=Whitchurch&d=16&e=15&g=424462&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
accessdate=2007-04-29]

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin ("wit chert") which means "white earth". Whitchurch is a common place name in England.

Whitchurch includes many fine old buildings, and is considered by many to be quite picturesque. There was once a market in the village, granted in 1245, and the old market hill still remains. The granting of the charter for the market is celebrated with a May feast every year.

The church was built in the 13th century with additional building work in the 15th century.

Bolbec castle was burned down by parliamentary forces during the English Civil War, the mound still remains as does the spring, called Fair Alice, which was the fresh water supply for the castle.

Whitchurch Combined School is a mixed, community, primary school, which takes children from the age of four through to the age of eleven. The school has approximately 200 pupils. The school's catchment area includes the villages of Whitchurch, Oving, Pitchcott, Hardwick and Weedon. It also includes part of Watermead and the Berryfields and Weedon Hill Major Development Areas (MDAs) in Aylesbury, although new schools are planned for the MDAs.

Notable residents

* Jan Struther - Novelist notable for "Mrs Miniver" lived in a house called The Priory.

References

External links

* [http://www.whitchurchcomb.ik.org/ Whitchurch Combined School website]
* [http://www.wsaonline.co.uk/ Whitchurch School Association website]