Skirmett is a
hamlet
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in the
parish
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of
Hambleden
Hambleden is a small village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. The village is around west of Marlow, and around north-east of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.
The civil parish also includes the villages of Fingest and ...
, in
Buckinghamshire
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, England.
It lies in the Hambleden Valley in the
Chiltern Hills
The Chiltern Hills is a chalk escarpment in England.
The area, northwest of London, covers stretching from Goring-on-Thames in the southwest to Hitchin in the northeast - across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Bedfordshire. ...
, between the villages of Hambleden and
Fingest
Fingest is a village in Buckinghamshire, England.
It is in the Chiltern Hills near the border with Oxfordshire. It is about six miles WSW of High Wycombe. It lies in the civil parish of Hambleden.
The parish church of St Bartholomew's date ...
.
Toponymy
* The moot or meeting-place of the shire or district
Skirmett : ('' la Skire..mote '' ) (1307)
The name element ''Skire'' is from
Old English
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''scîr'' ( ''shire or district'' ).
The next element ''mote'' is from Old English ''môt'' ( ''moot or meeting-place'' ).
Local history
The simple flint church of All Saints dated from the mid-19th century and has now been deconsecrated and converted into a private house.
There is a line of brick and timber-framed cottages along one side of the road and just the one public house, The Frog, formerly known as The Kings Arms.
There used to be a police presence in the village, and the local policeman was housed with his family in Hope Cottage, but this was sold a good while ago and is now a private residence.
Gallery
File:Skirmett All Saints.JPG, All Saints - now a private home
File:Skirmett The Frog Pub.JPG, The Frog – now the only pub in the village
File:Skirmett Hope Cottage.JPG, Hope Cottage – The former police house
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Hamlets in Buckinghamshire
Hambleden