Fulmer is a village and
civil parish in south
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
, England. The village has along most of its northern border a narrow
green buffer from
Gerrards Cross and is heavily wooded adjoining neighbouring villages of
Iver Heath and
Wexham. The village's name is derived from the
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
for "mere or lake frequented by birds". It was recorded in 1198 as ''Fugelmere''.
In the late 17th century the owners of the manor of Fulmer were forced to sell their house to their
servant
A domestic worker or domestic servant is a person who works within the scope of a residence. The term "domestic service" applies to the equivalent occupational category. In traditional English contexts, such a person was said to be "in service ...
s because they had squandered their money and could not afford to pay them. The manor then passed into the hands of the
Duke of Portland.
In the mid-19th century,
watercress was grown at Moor Farm, known locally as "The Bog", (now Low Farm) by Richard Whiting Bradbery, the son of
William Bradbery, the first British watercress pioneer who had a large cress farm at
West Hyde, Hertfordshire. Richard is buried in St James churchyard, Fulmer, with his wife Hannah.
Fulmer Chase on Stoke Common Road is a former home of the Wills tobacco family and was used as a military hospital during World War II.
Fulmer is close to
Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England. It is approximately west of central London.
The studio has been the base for many productions over the years from large-scale films to te ...
and several films have been shot in the village, including ''
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines'' and ''
Sleepy Hollow''.
Demography
Notable people
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Marmaduke Darrell
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Tess Daly
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Vernon Kay
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J. Peter Robinson (was born here)
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Michael York (actor) (was born here)
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Yasser Al-Habib
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John Sulston (was born here)
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Angelina Jolie (lived here)
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David Newbery (was born here)
Sport and recreation
King George's Field is a playing field that was named in memorial to
King George V.
Fulmer Cricket Club play friendly matches at King George's Field. A local village team has existed since 1886 but the current club was officially founded in 1895. Local resident and noted cricketer
Denis Compton
Denis Charles Scott Compton (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most o ...
opened the new clubhouse in 1988.
References
External links
*http://www.fulmervillage.org
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Villages in Buckinghamshire
Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire