Buckingham

Buckingham
Buckingham High Street
Buckingham is located in Buckinghamshire
Buckingham
Buckingham
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population12,890 {2011 Census}[1]
OS grid referenceSP695335
• London55 miles (89 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Buckingham
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUCKINGHAM
Postcode districtMK18
Dialling code01280
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
WebsiteBuckingham Town Council
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
51°59′42″N 0°59′10″W / 51.995°N 0.986°W / 51.995; -0.986

Buckingham (/ˈbʌkɪŋ(h)əm/ BUK-ing-(h)əm) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census. The town lies approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Central Milton Keynes, 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Banbury, and 24 miles (39 km) north-east of Oxford.

Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire from the 10th century, when it was made the capital of the newly formed shire of Buckingham,[2] until Aylesbury took over this role in the 18th century.[3]

Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a market town. It has a number of local shops, both national and independent. Market days are Tuesday and Saturday which take over Market Hill and the High Street cattle pens. Buckingham is twinned with Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany and Mouvaux, France.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Buckingham (built up area) (E34000850)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ "The borough of Buckingham". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 3. Constable & Co. Ltd. 1925. pp. 471–489.
  3. ^ "The borough of Aylesbury: Introduction and borough". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 3. Constable & Co. Ltd. 1925. pp. 1–11. A new County Hall, a red brick building with stone dressings, said to have been designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, at the south-east end of the Market Square [Aylesbury], was built about 1727

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