Wheeler End

Last updated

Cottages, Wheeler End, 2008 Cottages, Wheeler End - geograph.org.uk - 769030.jpg
Cottages, Wheeler End, 2008

Wheeler End is a hamlet in the parish of Piddington and Wheeler End, in Buckinghamshire, England. The hamlet is located close to the main A40 between West Wycombe and Stokenchurch.

The hamlet name refers to the Wheeler family, who lived here. They were once the main brewers of High Wycombe. The hamlet itself however, is much older, dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period.

Wheeler End is a collection of terraced houses and free standing properties surrounding the village common. [1] The Common and most of the arable land surrounding the properties in the hamlet are owned by the West Wycombe Estates of Sir Edward Dashwood, Bt. [2] There are no shops in Wheeler End, the nearest shops being either in West Wycombe or in Lane End. There is one public house in Wheeler End, The Chequers Inn. [3]

Related Research Articles

West Wycombe Human settlement in England

West Wycombe is a small village situated along the A40 road, three miles west of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.

Downley Human settlement in England

Downley is a village and civil parish in the Wycombe district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is high in the Chiltern Hills, overlooking the town of High Wycombe, although today it is almost indistinguishable from the urban spread of the latter town.

Lane End, Buckinghamshire Human settlement in England

Lane End is a village and civil parish within Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is just south of the M40 from High Wycombe, about two miles (3 km) west of Booker. The village is twinned with Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron in France.

Prestwood Human settlement in England

Prestwood is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about two miles west of Great Missenden and six miles north of High Wycombe.

Widmer End is a hamlet in the parish of Hughenden, in Buckinghamshire, England.

The Angel, Islington Historic landmark in Islington, London,

The Angel, Islington, is a historic landmark and a series of buildings that have stood on the corner of Islington High Street and Pentonville Road in Islington, London, England. The land originally belonged to the Clerkenwell Priory and has had various properties built on it since the 16th century. An inn on the site was called the "Angel Inn" by 1614, and the crossing became generally known as "the Angel". The site was bisected by the New Road, which opened in 1756, and properties on the site have been rebuilt several times up to the 20th century. The corner site gave its name to Angel tube station, opened in 1901, and the surrounding Angel area of London.

Broughton Gifford Human settlement in England

Broughton Gifford is a village and civil parish about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Norrington Common and The Common.

Holbeach Market town in Lincolnshire, England

Holbeach is a market town and civil parish in the South Holland District in Lincolnshire, England. The town lies 8 miles (13 km) from Spalding; 17 miles (27 km) from Boston; 20 miles (32 km) from King's Lynn; 23 miles (37 km) from Peterborough; and 43 miles (69 km) by road from the county town of Lincoln. It is on the junction of the A151 and A17. The main High Street is the B1515.

Piddington and Wheeler End Human settlement in England

Piddington and Wheeler End is a small civil parish within Wycombe District Council, Buckinghamshire, England. Within the parish are the main hamlets of Piddington and Wheeler End. The total voting population of the parish is 630.

Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868 onwards

Wycombe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Baker, a Conservative.

Piddington, Buckinghamshire

Piddington is a hamlet in the parish of Piddington and Wheeler End in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the main A40 between Stokenchurch and West Wycombe.

Docking, Norfolk Human settlement in England

Docking is a village and ancient civil parish in the north-west of the English county of Norfolk. It is near the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Caddington Human settlement in England

Caddington is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is between the Luton/Dunstable urban area, and Hertfordshire.

Warnham Human settlement in England

Warnham is a village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. The village is centred 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Horsham, 31 miles (50 km) from London, to the west of the A24 road. Other named settlements within the parish include the hamlets of Goosegreen, Kingsfold and Winterfold as well as parts of Strood Green and Rowhook. The area is in the northwest of the Weald, a gently sloped remnant forest in southeast England and largely a plain by erosion this does not help.

Horspath Human settlement in England

Horspath is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire about 3+12 miles (5.6 km) east of the centre of Oxford, England. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 1,378.

Hackleton Human settlement in England

Hackleton is a village located in West Northamptonshire, just north of Buckinghamshire. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Northampton town centre, and 2 miles (3.2 km) by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15 and 11 miles (18 km) north of junction 14. London is 62 miles (100 km) south via junction 14 and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Birmingham via junction 15. It lies on the busy B526 road from Northampton to Newport Pagnell, between Horton and Wootton. The parish area is about 1,030 acres (420 ha).

Houghton Conquest Human settlement in England

Houghton Conquest is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlet of How End.

Preston Deanery Human settlement in England

Preston Deanery is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hackleton in West Northamptonshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south of Northampton town centre and 1.5 miles (2 km) by road to the M1 London to Yorkshire motorway junction 15. It lies just off the B526 road from Northampton to Newport Pagnell, between Hackleton and Wootton, a former village which has become now a suburb of Northampton.

Bolter End

Bolter End is a hamlet 5 mi (8.0 km) to the west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England.

Moorend Common

Moorend Common is a 28 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in the hamlet Moor End, west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and it is owned and managed by Lane End Parish Council.

References

  1. "Wheeler End Common Conservation Area Character Survey". Wycombe District Council. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. "Wheeler End Common". www.chilternsaonb.org. Chilterns Conservation Board. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. "The Chequers Inn". Fuller's. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

Coordinates: 51°37′52″N0°50′20″W / 51.631°N 0.839°W / 51.631; -0.839