Poundon

Poundon
Poundon House
Poundon Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	114 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference	SP645255
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BICESTER
Postcode district	OX27
Dialling code	01869
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Buckingham
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°55′29″N1°03′34″W / 51.9246°N 1.0594°W / 51.9246; -1.0594

Poundon is a hamlet and a civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located near the Oxfordshire border, about four miles northeast of Bicester, three miles southwest of Steeple Claydon.

The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, though its meaning is uncertain. In manorial rolls of 1255 it was recorded as Paundon.

Poundon Hill wireless station

Poundon Hill wireless station was a FCO/MI6 signals intelligence station just outside the hamlet. ^[2] The site is now Tower Hill Business Park. During the Second World War Poundon and Poundon House were sites of stations 53b and 53c of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). ^[3]

See also

• List of SOE establishments

References

1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
2. "Poundon - Former MI6 SIGINT site · Poundon, Bicester OX27 9BD, United Kingdom".
3. Turnbull, Alan (24 August 2006). ""Secret Bases" Part 1". Pagliacci Productions Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2006.