Hardwick | |
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![]() Hardwick from the church tower, 2008 | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 315 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP805192 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
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 | |
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
[edit]- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ^ 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
[edit] Media related to Hardwick, Buckinghamshire at Wikimedia Commons