Waddesdon

Waddesdon
Waddesdon
	Waddesdon Manor
	Waddesdon Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	2,097 (2011, including Fleet Marston and Upper Winchendon)
OS grid reference	SP743168
Civil parish	Waddesdon;
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire;
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AYLESBURY
Postcode district	HP18
Dialling code	01296
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Buckingham;
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°50′46″N 0°55′17″W / 51.8460°N 0.9215°W

Waddesdon /ˈwɒdzdən/ is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles (10 km) west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone. Waddesdon was an agricultural settlement with milling, silk weaving and lace making enterprises.

History

The name 'Waddesdon' means 'hill of a man named Wott'.^[2]

The parish church of St Michael and All Angels dates from 1190 with medieval and Victorian additions.

Waddesdon was involved in the marriage of Maud Holland in the 1360s. Edward the Black Prince agreed with Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd/10th Earl of Devon that Maud would marry Devon's grandson Hugh Courtenay. Devon promised to award Maud an annuity of 200 marks and the manors of Sutton Courtenay and in Buckinghamshire. The arrangements were approved by Pope Urban V and Edward III. The wedding had taken place by February 1365, when the manors were granted to Maud.^[3]

Between 1897 and 1936, Waddesdon had train services on the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (later part of the Metropolitan) at Waddesdon railway station, two miles from the village. There was also a halt on the Brill Tramway.

In 1874, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bought a large estate in the area and built the mansion of Waddesdon Manor on a hill-top above the village. He transformed Waddesdon into an estate village, with new houses for employees and tenants, a school, a public house, cricket pavilion and village hall.

Waddesdon Manor and grounds are now the property of the National Trust, and Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild retains the estate and a house at nearby Eythrope.

On 17 November 2017, near Waddesdon, there was a mid-air collision between an aeroplane and a helicopter, with four fatalities.^[4]

Education

Waddesdon Village Primary School is a mixed, community, primary school, which has approximately 200 pupils from the age of four through to the age of eleven. The village is also home to Waddesdon Church of England School, a secondary school which holds over 1000 students and staff. It has over 600 students.

Notable residents

Peter Palmer (died 1621), justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), was born in Waddesdon, where his family leased the main mansion house.
Alice Shalvi

Gallery

St Michael and All Angels Church
Waddesdon

References

^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Waddesdon Parish (E04001544)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Key to English Place-names".
^ Lawne, Penny (15 February 2015). Joan of Kent: The First Princess of Wales. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-4456-4471-4.
^ "Aircraft and helicopter in mid-air crash in Waddesdon". BBC News Online. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017. Emergency services were called to the site, near Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury, at 12:06 GMT

External links

[1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Waddesdon Parish (E04001544)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[2] "Key to English Place-names".

[lawne-3] Lawne, Penny (15 February 2015). Joan of Kent: The First Princess of Wales. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-4456-4471-4.

[bbc-20171117-4] "Aircraft and helicopter in mid-air crash in Waddesdon". BBC News Online. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017. Emergency services were called to the site, near Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury, at 12:06 GMT

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