Wotton Underwood

Wotton Underwood

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Wotton Underwood
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static_image_caption=
latitude= 51.838442
longitude= -1.005085
civil_parish= Wotton Underwood
population = 147 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792113&c=Wotton+Underwood&d=16&e=15&g=424231&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216770561421&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= AYLESBURY
postcode_district= HP18
postcode_area= HP
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SP6816

Wotton Underwood is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles west of Waddesdon, four miles north of Long Crendon.

The village name 'Wotton' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'farm near a wood'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Oltone", though earlier (in 848) it was recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as "Wudotun". The affix 'Underwood' was added later to distinguish the village from other places also called Wotton. The affix means 'near the wood' and refers to the village's proximity to the ancient Bernwood Forest.

The present-day manor house in the village, Wotton House, dates from the early eighteenth century but has been much altered since, notably by John Soane in the 1820s.

South Pavilion, the former home of actor John Gielgud, was bought by Tony and Cherie Blair for £4m, in 2008. [cite news | title=Blairs pay £4m for Gielgud's former home | publisher=The Guardian | date=Monday, 5 May 2008 | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/may/05/tonyblair | accessdate=2008-05-06]

The Brill Tramway, originally known as the Wotton Tramway and, from 1899, part of the Metropolitan Railway, which served the area, closed in 1935.

Notable residents

* The Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
* William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
* John Gielgud
* Graham Taylor

References


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