Wendover Times
Wendover is a market town and civil parish at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated at the point where the main road across the Chilterns between London and Aylesbury intersects with the once important road along the foot of the Chilterns. The town is some north west of London and south east of Aylesbury, and is very popular with commuters working in London. The parish has an area of and had, at the time of the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 census, a population of 7,399. Outside the town of Wendover, the parish is mainly arable and also contains many hamlet (UK place), hamlets that nestle amongst the woodlands on the surrounding hills. Although Wendover has a weekly market, and has had a market charter since medieval times, many of its inhabitants identify it as a village, and the parish council does not describe itself as a town council. Etymology The name is of Common Brittonic, Brythonic Celtic origin. The first element, ''wen'' ...
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Buckinghamshire Council
Buckinghamshire Council is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary Local Government in England, local authority in England, the area of which constitutes most of the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire. It was created in April 2020 from the areas that were previously administered by Buckinghamshire County Council including the districts of South Bucks, Chiltern District, Chiltern, Wycombe District, Wycombe and Aylesbury Vale; since 1997 the City of Milton Keynes has been a separate unitary authority. History The plan for a single unitary authority was proposed by Martin Tett, leader of the county council, and was backed by Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire. District councils had also proposed a different plan in which Aylesbury Vale becomes a unitary authority and the other three districts becomes another unitary authority. The district councils opposed the (single) unitary Buckinghamshire plan. Statutory ...
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