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  Hughenden Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village in Buckinghamshire, England, just to the north of High Wycombe.
In the 18th century the parish church was one of few in the whole of England where marriages could take place without either the bride or groom residing in the parish.
Hughenden became infamous locally as a place of clandestine marriages, and is referred to extensively as such in local records.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hughenden_Valley   (363 words)

  
 Hughenden Valley - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Hughenden Valley
Hughenden Manor was the home of the British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli from 1847 until his death in 1881.
Hughenden Manor still houses many of Disraeli's possessions, including his political papers.
Disraeli was buried in Hughenden parish church, which also contains a monument to him erected by Queen Victoria.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Hughenden%20Valley   (154 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Watford Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
After being given a brief history of the house and garden and looking around it, they then relaxed under the beautiful 200-year-old weeping ash tree, where they enjoyed afternoon tea of home-made scones with jam and cream followed by chocolate cake which was voted "absolutely delicious" and a pleasant way to spend a hot afternoon.
HUGHENDEN Parish Council have given advance notice of the judging of the Hughenden Parish allotments.
HUGHENDEN Art Group end their very interesting year with meetings on Friday, July 13, and Monday, July 16.
www.watfordobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=3237   (350 words)

  
 Hughenden Valley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In the 18th century the parish church was one of in the whole of England where marriages take place without either the bride or residing in the parish.
Hughenden became infamous as a place of clandestine marriages and referred to extensively as such in local
Today the village is in a very part of the Chiltern Hills and the manor with its extensive are open to the public.
www.freeglossary.com /Hughenden_Valley   (660 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Hendon Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
THE Hughenden Allotments and Gardens Association still urgently need a new secretary for the annual show which is booked for Saturday, August 17.
HUGHENDEN Art Group's AGM was held on January 25 and was well supported by the members.
VALLEY Wives will hold a pot-luck supper at their meeting on Friday, February 15, at the village hall.
www.hendontimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=48482   (215 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
ROAD Reps are needed for Coombe Lane, Coombe Gardens and Wedgwood Drive, Orchard Close, and the southern part of Valley Road from Coombe Lane.
THE Hughenden Volunteers will be out for the first time this autumn on Sunday morning at 10am in the playing field behind the village hall to look after the wildlife.
VALLEY Wives next meet on Friday, November 14 for "Flower crafts with a Christmas theme", a demonstration by Mrs K Paterson.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=426180   (330 words)

  
 Hughenden Valley -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Hughenden Valley (formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive (A settlement smaller than a town) village in (Click link for more info and facts about Buckinghamshire) Buckinghamshire, (A division of the United Kingdom) England, just to the north of (Click link for more info and facts about High Wycombe) High Wycombe.
There are some however that argue the original name refers to the (Click link for more info and facts about Anglo Saxon) Anglo Saxon man's name Huhha rather than the (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French Hugh.
In the (Click link for more info and facts about 18th century) 18th century the parish church was one of few in the whole of England where marriages could take place without either the bride or groom residing in the parish.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hu/hughenden_valley.htm   (509 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Watford Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HUGHENDEN Infant School will be having a Bonfire and Fireworks display on November 3, from 5.30pm.
FILMING in Hughenden Valley for BBC's drama Impact has gone on apace during the last week, with smoke, fire, bright lights on a high crane at night, people in white, fire engines and a low-flying helicopter.
A FEW of the Valley Volunteers met for the first time for the 2001/2 season last Sunday to keep the growth of scrub in the recreation ground under control, and keep the pathways open, under the guidance of parish warden John Moorby.
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 Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
If you weren't at the Potter Quiz, you missed an excellent evening, which was really enjoyed by all who were there, except perhaps by the winners of the second and third runners-up prizes in the raffle, who had to take home vast quantities of excess cream from the refreshments.
The Valley Wives' team can now represent Hughenden Valley in the Inter-Village quiz later in the year.
HUGHENDEN Church bazaar and auction will be on Saturday, November 10, and Anne Dean, the bazaar organiser, who can be contacted on 01494 463376, will be delighted to receive items for stalls and the auction, particularly as the church funds which the bazaar supports are getting rather low at the moment.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=7114   (227 words)

  
 Hughenden Buckinghamshire
Hughenden Manor was the home of the Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and his wife Mary Ann.
He acquired the Hughenden estate in 1847 with the help of Lord George Bentinck and his brothers who lent him two-thirds of the purchase price.
Disraeli and his wife lived at Hughenden for the rest of their lives (Mary Ann died in 1872 and Disraeli in 1881).
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 Printer Friendly Format - Borehamwood Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
THE Hughenden Allotments and Gardens Association's plant sale will be next Saturday, May 19, outside the village hall at 10am.
HUGHENDEN Art Group's Chinese Painting Workshop will be on Saturday between 10am and 4pm, at the village hall.
HUGHENDEN Residents Association AGM is on Tuesday, May 15, at the village hall.
www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=2238   (243 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Bucks Free Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Local ward representatives for the villages of Great Kingshill, Hughenden Valley and Naphill will make contact with residents, societies and organisations within Hughenden Parish, to ensure that the three villages, both individually and together, have sufficient opportunity for their societies to state their wishes and ensure diversity.
VALLEY Wives will have a wide selection of topics at their meetings this year, from the Glen Miller Story to the Chelsea Flower Show, from Bekonscot Model Village to How the Roly Polys began to dance, to name but a few.
MONDAY February 11 is the date for a joint meeting of the National Trust and Wycombe Wildlife Group at the Education Centre at Hughenden Manor at 8pm.
www.bucksfreepress.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=45319   (299 words)

  
 Guardian Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Their staff, both past and present, from the surgeries at Hughenden Valley and Prestwood, had gathered to mark their retirements.
It will interest people to know that, when Dr Carless joined the practice in 1964, which incidentally was started in 1942 with Dr Ernst using Bert Stratford's front room in Boss Lane as the surgery, there were just 4,000 patients with two doctors and their wives, and a surgery only three times a week.
Now there are 13,000 patients, in Naphill, Hughenden, Prestwood and the surrounding villages, seven doctors and a large support team of nurses, pharmacists, clerical staff and a practice manager.
www.walthamforestguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=170385   (555 words)

  
 Solicitors in Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire England UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Solicitors in Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire England UK Solicitors Online in Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire, England UK Welcome to Solicitors-England.co.uk, the place to find law firms in your area that can help with your legal issue.
Solicitors in Hughenden Valley England, UK provide you with links to solicitors, lawyers, legal advice throughout all the English regions, towns and cities.
Personal injury lawyers in Hughenden Valley Buckinghamshire England, UK can advise you, should you have suffered an injury in the past three years for road accidents, work related accidents, medical negligence, or a simple tip or slip injury.
www.solicitors-england.co.uk /England/Buckinghamshire/Hughenden_Valley.htm   (193 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Harrow Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
AT the latest meeting of the Hughenden Valley Residents Association, Ian Cunningham, Bucks County Council Highways Maintenance Officer for the Wycombe Area, faced questions from the residents about the flooding and pollution last year and what has been done since to avoid a repetition.
He did come under pressure to accept the views of residents between Boss Lane and the Surgery that the piping in place at present is incapable of dealing with sudden excess water.
VALLEY Wives have a Ladies' Night on Friday, March 15 with a floral demonstration.
www.harrowtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=50302   (291 words)

  
 Hughenden Manor and places to stay nearby
The gardens are set in a delightfully wooded valley and were in the main created by Disraeli's wife Mary Anne.
Formal bedding dating from the 1880s in the South Garden has been restored and the orchard re-created with 35 varieties of apple and 4 of pear.
There are some unusual plants at Hughenden Manor including a Chimaera ' Adamii '.
www.greatbritishgardens.co.uk /hughenden_manor.htm   (87 words)

  
 Hotels in Hughenden Valley High Wycombe, Hotels near Hughenden Valley
The Crown is 10.3 kilometers from Hughenden Valley.
The Fox is 10.94 kilometers from Hughenden Valley.
Crowne Plaza Marlow is 11.05 kilometers from Hughenden Valley.
www.starstay.co.uk /Buckinghamshire/High_Wycombe/hotels_in_and_near_Hughenden_Valley_1.htm   (238 words)

  
 Wycombe District Council Page
Hughenden Parish Council covers a wide area that includes eight villages (or parts of villages).
There is a Garden of Rest on Four Ashes Road, Cryers Hill, which is for the use of parishioners and their families.
The wood, Hughenden field and Vincent's meadow are part of a stewardship scheme for which a small grant is received from DEFRA.
www.wycombe.gov.uk /parish/Hughenden   (142 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - St. Albans Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mrs Veysey joined her husband at the school in Totteridge for a few years where she was school secretary until she took up the position of welfare assistant at Hughenden First School where she worked until her retirement in 1991.
The couple moved from their Hughenden Valley home of 34 years to Main Road, Naphill, in 2001.
He is also well known in Hughenden for his tireless work with the Hughenden Village Hall Committee, the village's allotment and garden association and the scouts while his wife was secretary of the Multiple Sclerosis Society's Wycombe Branch in between volunteering with Wycombe Hospital and bouts on stage with Hughenden Theatre Group.
www.stalbansobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=407510   (277 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Bishop's Stortford Citizen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Outline Application for the construction of one dwelling with associated garage and driveway, at land adjacent The Harrow PH, Warrendene Road, Hughenden Valley, for West Register (Public Houses 2) Ltd c/o S&N Pub Enterprises, Ashby House, Staines, Middx TW18 4TP.
T1 leyland cypress crown reduce by 1/3 (33 per cent), T2 poplar to be felled and T3 sycamore reduce by 2/3 (66 per cent), at Marsh Cottage, Bassetsbury Lane, for J Gollins.
Construction of single-storey front extension and conversion of existing garage to habitable accommodation, at 2 Whitfield Road, Hughenden Valley, for Mr & Mrs Bellamy.
www.bishopsstortfordcitizen.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=471506   (495 words)

  
 Hughenden Valley - Definition up Erdmond.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
(formerly called Hughenden or Hitchendon) is an extensive village in Buckinghamshire, England, just to the north of High_Wycombe.
The parish was first mentioned in the Domesday_Book of 1086 and was called ''Huchedene'', or ''Hugh's Valley'' in modern English.
Today the village is in a very beautiful part of the Chiltern_Hills and the manor with its extensive gardens are open to the public.
www.erdmond.com /Hughenden_Valley.html   (311 words)

  
 Hughenden St Michael & All Angels, Hughenden Valley, Buckinghamshire | Diocese of Oxford
As you drive along the lovely Hughenden Valley, St Michael and All Angels Church, "The Church in the Park", can be seen nestling on the hillside with the sixteenth century Church House alongside it.
Set in the middle of Hughenden Park, Hughenden Church serves the communities of Hughenden Valley, Naphill and Great Kingshill whilst welcoming numerous visitors who find us while visiting Hughenden Manor (National Trust).
Hughenden is a church which offers a warm welcome through services of all styles.
www.achurchnearyou.com /venue.php?V=156&B=27/264+J   (636 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - St. Albans Observer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The deluge has made life a misery in Valley Road for about seven weeks and Thames Water says there is little it can do until the floods subside.
Sir Ray Whitney, MP for Wycombe, said: "I am very sympathetic and I am certainly going to talk to people in Hughenden Valley and to see what the council and water people have to say about it.
Officers from Wycombe District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council investigated the situation on Wednesday and action is being taken to improve the drainage in the vicinity.
www.stalbansobserver.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=882   (353 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Historic houses in England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Halton House is a country house, situated in the Chiltern Hills above the village of Halton, in Buckinghamshire, England.
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect coastline, countryside and buildings in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Disley is a village in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, in the Goyt Valley, very close to the county boundary with Derbyshire at New Mills, and south of Stockport, Greater Manchester.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Historic-houses-in-England   (7308 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Bucks Free Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HOMEOWNERS have been marooned and their gardens and homes flooded with sewage after further rain worsened the problems in Hughenden Valley.
Brenda Lynch, 53, of Boss Lane, and her family have been stranded on their road after the excessive rain created a huge lake at the junction of Valley Road and Boss Lane.
Mrs Lynch and her neighbours had to abandon their cars in Valley Road and wade through the water to reach their homes.
www.bucksfreepress.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=882   (353 words)

  
 Hughenden Valley Residents Association and other organisations
Welcome to the official website of Hughenden Valley Residents Association which serves Hughenden, Bryants Bottom and Cryers Hill.
It has a circulation of 640 copies and is delivered free to HVRA members' households approximately four times a year.
Hughenden Valley has a population 2,049 (1991 Census) and is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
www.bucksfootball.co.uk /residents   (267 words)

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