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 Encyclopedia: Princes-Risborough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Loosley Row is a hamlet in the parish of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.
Longwick is a hamlet in the parish of Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire, England.
Speen is a hamlet in the parish of Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire, England.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Princes_Risborough   (1304 words)

  
 Princes Risborough Manor House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Princes Risborough Manor House is a large manor in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England.
This manor was part of the dower of Catharine, the queen of Henry V.
Today the manor House at Princes Risborough is a red brick house dating from the 17th century.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/princes_risborough_manor_house   (625 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of National Trust properties in England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Claydon House Claydon House is a country house in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, close to the village of Middle Claydon.
Carlyles House in the central London district of Chelsea was the home of the historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane, who was a prominent woman of letters, for nearly half a century.
View of Red House from the garden Red House in Bexleyheath in the southern suburbs of London, England is a key building in the history of the Arts and Crafts movement and of 19th century British architecture.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-National-Trust-properties-in-England   (4626 words)

  
 Princes Risborough   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Adjacent to the north is the villageof Monks Risborough.
The Risborough estate has always been royal hunting land, right from the time that it was mentioned as such in the SaxonChronicle in 903 through to the time of King Henry VIII of England.
In the late Fourteenth century the non-monastic estates of Risborough cameinto the hands of Edward, the Black Prince, fromwhich time the distinction was made between the Prince's estate (Princes Risborough) and the monastery's estate (MonksRisborough).
www.therfcc.org /princes-risborough-125151.html   (403 words)

  
 Princes Risborough Official Guide
Princes Risborough lies in a broad gap on the western slopes of the Chiltern Hills to which, in all probability it owes its existence, which provided travellers with a link between the River Thames and the lcknield Way, both of which were routes of prime importance from earliest times.
Monks and Princes Risborough became one civil parish in 1934 and were physically united by 1965, with the completion of the Wellington and Place Farm Estates.
Monks Risborough has the,’ distinction of being the oldest documented Parish in the country, its boundaries being defined in a Charter of 903 AD which was itself a replacement of an earlier charter destroyed by fire.
www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk /councils/princesrisborough/history.html   (1533 words)

  
 Princes Risborough Official Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Manor House, which stands at the end of the lane, was built in 1810 and is adjacent to the small church of St. Michael, which consists of a chancel built from the remains of a previous, larger building.
Monks Risborough - The parish of Monks Risborough is the oldest in England - registered in 903 AD when the land at East Risborough was conveyed by Aethelfrith to his daughter Etheigyth.
Monks Risborough was confirmed in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as belonging to Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, and it remained a possession of the See until the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII.
www.localauthoritypublishing.co.uk /councils/princesrisborough/villages.html   (618 words)

  
 Buckinghamshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William the Conqueror annexed most of the manors for himself and his family: Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, William's half brother, became a major landowner locally.
Many ancient hunts became the king's property (worthy of note are Whaddon Chase and Princes Risborough) as did all the wild swans of England.
Another flush of annexations of local manors to the Crown accompanied the dissolution of the monasteries (1536), when almost a third of the county became the personal property of King Henry VIII, to dispose of at his pleasure.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buckinghamshire   (1758 words)

  
 Walks in Buckinghamshire - Haddenham to Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough is linked to Aylesbury by bus and train, and there is a good bus service to Haddenham from Aylesbury and Oxford.
Note the walls of this modern housing estate, which though constructed of standard building materials are built in imitation of the old "witchert" walls that are such a feature of Haddenham and other nearby villages, as you will see shortly.
The nearby manor house was built in 1810 on the site of the former house owned by Sir John Denham, the 17th century poet.
www.bucks-wmiddx-ramblers.org.uk /walks/ha-pr.html   (2660 words)

  
 Princes Risborough Manor Buckinghamshire
Princes Risborough Manor is an elegant, L-shaped, red-brick 17th century house.
Although only short distance from Princes Risborough High Street, the manor house and garden, are set in a peaceful and secluded location behind their little walled courtyard.
The brickwork is a mixture of English and Flemish bond and this indicates that the house was constructed in the second half of the 17th century when Flemish bond began to compete with the earlier type of brickwork.
www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housebucks_princes.htm   (291 words)

  
 Princes Risborough Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com
Princes Risborough lies in the lee of the Chiltern Hills, mid-way between Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire's County Town, and High Wycombe, the County's largest town.
Next to the church, the 17th century manor house is a mellow brick building which was given to The National Trust in 1925 by the widow and family of the Hon.
Leading away from the church and Manor House, the little streets of 17th and 18th century cottages, many of them half-timbered, open out into the Market Square, where weekly markets and annual fairs are held.
www.aboutbritain.com /towns/PrincesRisborough.asp   (897 words)

  
 Claydon House Buckinghamshire
Claydon House was built by the 2nd Lord Verney in 1768 on land that had been owned by his family since the 15th century.
The house remained in the Verney family until it was given to the National Trust in 1956.
The house has a display of many objects associated with her and her experiences in the Crimean War.
www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housebucks_claydon.htm   (270 words)

  
 Princes Risborough Hotels. Hotels in Princes Risborough - Accommodation UK
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The Abbey House Hotel is a well presented hotel conveniently located near Reading town centre, yet situated in a quiet residential area.
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 Aston Clinton House -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1853 Anthony de Rothschild completed the purchase and modernisation of Aston Clinton House and extensive estates in the area.
Old (A picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material) photographs of the house show a sprawling neo-georgian/ (Click link for more info and facts about Italianate) Italianate house with verandahs, and a large porte cochere.
On the death of Lady Louise de Rothschild in 1910 the house was bequeathed to her two daughters, Constance, Lady Battersea and Annie, The Hon.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/As/Aston_Clinton_House.htm   (349 words)

  
 Walk 52 : Princes Risborough to Wendover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Princes Risborough, map reference SP 799 027, is in Buckinghamshire, 11km south of Aylesbury.
There are buses back to Princes Risborough, several times an hour, from near the Lunch pub in Great Kimble.
The town of Princes Risborough derives its name from the Black Prince who, in 1343, was lord of the manor.
www.walkingclub.org.uk /book_1/walk_52.shtml   (595 words)

  
 AROUND PRINCES RISBOROUGH
It was a religious house of the Austin Canons, under the rule of Augustine of Hippo, and was dedicated to St Mary and St John the Baptist.
The Prince had many Welsh archers fighting with him, and, at a dangerous point of the battle, he was thrown from his horse, but saved by his standard bearer standing over him with the standard of Wales.
In the great fields the lord of the manor had his many strips in addition to his enclosed demesne, and his foreman and serfs and those freemen who owed him time might be clearing away the last sheaves, while the poor women were gleaning.
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 AylesburyVale.net - Princes Risborough Home Page
It is said to take its name from its association with the Black Prince, who had a castle there.
The town has a large, but heavily restored church, and a handsome 17th century Manor House built around a magnificent jacobean staircase and balustrade.
It is said that the last regular stagecoach service to run in England, in 1898, ended its journey from London in Princes Risborough.
www.aylesburyvale.net /risborough/index.asp   (185 words)

  
 Attractions - Houses & gardens | The Chilterns AONB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Chilterns are blessed with a number of fine historic houses and gardens.
Over the centuries the proximity of the area to London made it an obvious place for wealthy families to build or acquire country properties.
Many of these houses and gardens are open to the public and they are listed below - click on the names for more information.
www.chilternsaonb.org /site_results.asp?siteCat=3&offset=10   (71 words)

  
 Buckinghamshire
The church of the poet Gray's `Elegy´ at Stoke Poges; Cliveden, a country house designed by Charles Barry (now a hotel; it was once the home of Nancy, Lady Astor).
Princes Risborough Manor House is worth a visit.
There are lesser houses of interest at Gayhurst (once the home of Everard Digby, one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators), Nether Winchendon, and Tyringham.
www.fatbadgers.co.uk /Tourism/buckinfo.htm   (547 words)

  
 Princes Risborough from Swoopon.co.uk.
Princes Risborough Cricket Club - a strong sociable club in the Buckinghamshire Chilterns
Princes Risborough LTC Home brought to you by Total Tennis, Britain's online tennis community powered by the LTA.
PRLTC is an older, established club located in the Princes Risborough Town centre with 3 all weather courts (2 of which....
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 South Bucks Choral Society - Next concert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Proceeds from the Gerrards Cross concert fund the students' summer course in Italy.
Proceeds from the Princes Risborough concert are shared with the local weekly 'Pop-In' centre for the elderly.
Peter Biddlecombe 01844 345367 - Princes Risborough concert
www.biddlecombe.demon.co.uk /sbcs/poster.html   (59 words)

  
 OXTowns.co.uk :: Thame Local Attractions
Nether Winchendon House, Near Thame, Medieval and Tudor House with 18th century additions.
Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, Chinnor Station, Chinnor, Oxfordshire Tel: 01844 353535 - Steam and heritage diesel rides.
Princes Risborough Manor House, Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire Tel: 01494 528051 - A 17thC red-brick house with Jacobean oak staircase.
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 Milton Manor House Hotels. Hotels near Milton Manor House - Accommodation UK
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Danesfield House is a luxurious country house set within 65 acres of gardens overlooking the Thames and Chiltern Hills beyond.
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 Princes Risborough Primary Schools, for Primary Schools in Princes Risborough UK
Princes Risborough Primary Schools, for Primary Schools in Princes Risborough UK
For many children primary school is where it all begins and so it's important that parents find the best school for their four and five year olds.
Alternatively, if you're moving your child to a school in Princes Risborough you'll be eager to know what's on offer.
www.city-visitor.com /princesrisborough/primaryschools.html   (176 words)

  
 AylesburyVale.net - Princes Risborough Home Page
The Manor House was eventually bought by the Rothschilds and presented by them to the National Trust in 1952.
The Roman Catholic church of St Teresa (1937) is also of great interest, having a distinctive modern Byzantine style.
The church was built in a triangular shape (architecturally symbolic of the Holy Trinity), with a large central dome surmounted by a cross.
www.aylesburyvale.net /risborough   (185 words)

  
 Princes Risborough High Schools, for High Schools in Princes Risborough UK
Princes Risborough High Schools, for High Schools in Princes Risborough UK
If you are still looking for the perfect high school in Princes Risborough use the City-Visitor directory which offers an array of establishments including Comprehensive Schools, Grammar Schools, Secondary Schools.
Use these contacts for Princes Risborough High Schools to find the information you need.
www.city-visitor.com /princesrisborough/highschools.html   (166 words)

  
 Property for sale in Buckinghamshire from estate agent - Lane Fox - Princes Risborough
A substantial Victorian family house with self-contained annexe and studio.
An historical Grade II listed house currently used as a hotel but with consent for conversion to a private house.
An elegant house on the edge of this desirable market town.
www.primelocation.com /estate-agents/properties/ls/true/p/PCC011/t/l/sr/s/l/Buckinghamshire/a/lfpr/c/gbp/start/31   (830 words)

  
 Bucks Free Press: News: Community News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This shows the strength of feeling amongst local residents who are opposed to this closure that is one of several put forward by the county council.
This is about the redevelopment of BCUC and the building of houses on their land to finance the project.
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone involved in the annual Risborough MacMillan Coffee Morning including the minister for use of the Baptist Church Hall, and especially all the helpers and people who gave so generously.
www.bfpstar.co.uk /news/community   (1479 words)

  
 Properties for sale in Princes Risborough
Very rare to the market is this three bedroomed end of terraced cottage style home located at the end of a cul de sac being offered for sale with padd...
A 16th century, former manor house, located on the edge of a picturesque Chiltern village, offering many character features such as exposed beam work...
Reputedly one of the oldest houses in the village, the property was originally one of two manor houses.
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