Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (abreviated
Bucks) is a
county of south central
England. Area: 1883 sq km (727 sq miles). County town:
Aylesbury. Population: 590,000. It borders onto
Oxfordshire;
Northamptonshire; the
unitary authority of
Milton Keynes;
Bedfordshire; the
unitary authority of
Luton;
Hertfordshire; and the
unitary authorities of
Windsor and Maidenhead and of
Slough.
It is an agricultural county, covering part of the Chiltern Hills to the South and the Vale of Aylesbury to the north. It has fertile agricultural lands, with many landed estates, especially those of the de Rothschild family in the 19th century (see Rothschild properties in Buckinghamshire). Industry: Agricultural, furniture, pharmaceuticals, service and distribution industries. There are some residential commuter areas for London in the south.
Towns, villages and hamlets in Buckinghamshire
Some of these are now in neighbouring counties and unitary authorities, but historically formed part of Buckinghamshire. Places that are no longer part of Buckinghamshire are listed in Italics.
- Addington, Adstock, Akeley, Amersham, Ascott, Ashendon, Ashley Green, Asheridge, Askett, Aston Abbotts, Aston Clinton, Aston Sandford, Astwood, Aylesbury
- Ballinger, Barton Hartshorn, Beachampton, Beaconsfield, Bedgrove, Bellingdon, Biddlesden, Bierton, Bishopstone, Bledlow, Bledlow Ridge, Bletchley, Boarstall, Booker, Botley, Botolph Claydon, Bourne End, Bourton, Boveney, Bow Brickhill, Bradenham, Bradwell, Brill, Broughton near Aylesbury, Broughton near Newport Pagnell, Broughton Crossing, Buckingham, Buckland, Burcott near Bierton, Burcott near Wing, Burnham, Butlers Cross
- Cadmore, Caldecote, California, Calvert, Calverton, Castlethorpe, Chackmore, Chalfont St Giles, Chalfont St Peter, Chalkshire, Chalvey, Charndon, Chartridge, Chearsley, Cheddington, Chenies, Chesham, Chesham Bois, Chetwode, Chicheley, Chilton, Chivery, Cholesbury, Cippenham, Clifton Reynes, Cold Brayfield, Coldmoorham, Coleshill, Colnbrook, Cooks Wharf, Cores End, Crafton, Creslow, Cublington, Cuddington
- Dadford, Dagnall, Datchet, Denham, Dinton, Ditton, Dorney, Dorton, Downley, Drayton Beauchamp, Drayton Parslow, Dunsmore, Dunton
- Easington, East Claydon, Eaton Bray, Edgcott, Edlesborough, Egypt, Ellesborough, Emberton, Eton
- Farnham Common, Farnham Royal, Fawley, Fenny Stratford, Filgrave, Fingest, Flackwell Heath, Fleet Marston, Ford, Foscot, Frieth, Frithsden, Fulmer
- Gawcott, Gayhurst, George Green, Gerrards Cross, Gibraltar, Granborough, Great Brickhill, Great Hampden, Great Horwood, Great Kimble, Great Kingshill, Great Linford, Great Missenden, Great Woolstone, Green Hailey, Grendon Underwood, Grove
- Haddenham, Halton, Hambleden, Handy Cross, Hanslope, Hardmead, Hardwick, Hartwell, Haversham, Hawridge, Hazlemere, Hedgerley & Dean, Hedsor, High Wycombe, Hillesden, Hitcham, Hoggeston, Hogshaw, Holmer Green, Horsenden, Horton near Eton, Horton near Slapton, Hughenden, Hulcott, Hundridge, Hyde Heath
- Ibstone, Ickford, Ilmer, Iver, Iver Heath, Ivinghoe, Ivinghoe Aston
- Kimble Wick, Kingsey, Kingswood
- Lacey Green, Lane End, Langley Marish, Lathbury, Latimer, Lavendon, Leckhampstead, Ledburn, Lee, Lee Clump, Lenborough, Lillingstone Dayrell, Lillingstone Lovell, Linslade, Little Brickhill, Little Chalfont, Little Hampden, Little Horwood, Little Kimble, Little Kingshill, Little Linford, Little London, Little Marlow, Little Missenden, Little Woolstone, Littleworth, Long Crendon, Long Street, Longwick, Loosley Row, Loudwater, Loughton, Lower Bacombe, Lower Cadsden, Lower Weald, Ludgershall, Luffield Abbey
- Maids Moreton, Marlow, Marsh, Marsh Gibbon, Marsworth, Meadle, Medmenham, Mentmore, Middle Claydon, Middle Green, Middle Weald, Milton Keynes, Monks Risborough, Moulsoe, Mursley
- Naphill, Nash, Nash Lee, Nether Winchendon, Nettleden, New Zealand, Newport Pagnell, Newton Blossomville, Newton Longville, North Crawley, North Lee, North Marston, Northall
- Oakley, Olney, Oving, Owlswick
- Padbury, Pednor, Penn, Penn Street, Petsoe Manor, Pitchcott, Pitstone, Poundon, Preston Bissett, Prestwood, Princes Risborough
- Quainton, Quarrendon
- Radclive, Radnage, Ravenstone, Ringshall, Rowsham
- St Leonards, Saunderton, Seer Green, Shabbington, Shalstone, Shenley Brook End, Shenley Church End, Sherington, Shipton Lee, Shredding Green, Simpson, Singleborough, Slapton, Slough, Soulbury, Southcote, Speen, Stantonbury, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stoke Goldington, Stoke Hammond, Stoke Mandeville, Stoke Poges, Stone, Stony Stratford, Stowe, Swanbourne
- Taplow, Tattenhoe, Terrick, Thornborough, Thorney, Thornton, Tingewick, Tongwell, Towersey, Turville, Turweston, Twyford, Tylers Green, Tyringham
- Upper Bacombe, Upper Cadsden, Upper Weald, Upper Winchendon, Upton, Upton cum Chalvey
- Verney Junction
- Waddesdon, Walters Ash, Walton near Aylesbury, Walton near Woburn Sands, Warrington, Water Eaton, Water Stratford, Waterside, Wavendon, Weedon, Wendover, West Wycombe, Westbury, Westcott, Westlington, Weston Turville, Weston Underwood, Wexham, Whaddon, Wheeler End, Whitchurch, Whiteleaf, Widmer End, Willen, Winchmore Hill, Wing, Wingrave, Winslow, Woburn Sands, Wolverton, Wooburn, Woodham, Worminghall, Wotton Underwood, Woughton on the Green, Wraysbury
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