Hardwick, Buckinghamshire

Hardwick
Hardwick from the church tower, 2008
Hardwick Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	315 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference	SP805192
Civil parish	Hardwick
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AYLESBURY
Postcode district	HP22
Dialling code	01296
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Aylesbury
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°51′48″N0°49′55″W / 51.8634°N 0.8320°W / 51.8634; -0.8320

Hardwick is both a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about four miles north of Aylesbury.

Hardwick is a common place name in England, of Old English origin meaning 'livestock farm'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was known as Harduich.

Nearby Weedon is a hamlet in the parish of Hardwick.

The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and the churchyard contains a grave for the soldiers who died during the English Civil War at the Battle of Aylesbury in 1642. ^[2]

References

1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Accessed 3 February 2013
2. Quick, Kevin (8 November 2000). "The Battle of Aylesbury, 1642". Genuki. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.

External links

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