Tingewick is a village and
civil parish
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about west of
Buckingham in the unitary authority area of
Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is bounded to the north by the
River Great Ouse, to the east by a tributary of the Great Ouse, to the west by the county boundary with
Oxfordshire and to the south by field boundaries.
The village was formerly on the
A421
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but from 1998 has been bypassed by a
dual carriageway.
The parish comprises about of mainly arable farmland and pasture with some woodland. Part of the village is a
Conservation Area and a number of the 450 dwellings are
listed buildings
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.
History
The remains of a
Roman villa
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Typology and distribution
Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) distinguished two kinds of villas n ...
provide evidence of early habitation in the parish.
[Page, 1927, pages 249-251] It is about northeast of the village, about from the river and lies east of Tingewick Mill.
[Pevsner, 1960, page 269] The villa was partly excavated in 1860–62.
[
The ]toponym
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is derived from the Old English
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for "Teoda's dwelling". The Domesday Book
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of 1086 records the village as ''Tedinwiche''.[
The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene is the ]Norman
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12th century nave
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.[ The three- bay north ]aisle
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was added in about 1200.[ The Perpendicular gothic][Pevsner, 1960, page 268] chancel
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Ov ...
and bell-tower
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were added late in the 15th century.[ The north aisle was altered in the 17th century, the south aisle was added in 1830 and the south porch in 1867.][
The tower has a ]ring
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of five bells.[ The oldest was cast in London in about 1490][ The second bell was cast by Bartholomew Atton of Buckingham][ in 1591.][ cast the fourth bell in 1623][ and the treble bell in 1627.][ The youngest bell in the ring is the tenor, cast by Henry Bagley III of ]Chacombe
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and Witney
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[ in 1721.][
]
Amenities
The village has one public house
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, the Royal Oak, with The Crown, a grade II listed building, closing permanently in 2013. Tingewick has a village hall, a Post Office and village shop, a pottery, an auction room, an agricultural metal work factory, an animal feed warehouse and a farm supplies depot.
Tingewick is served by Roundwood Primary School, which was formed by merging the Tingewick and Gawcott
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infants schools.
The village has held three large charity concerts called 'Party in the Paddock' in 2004, 2005 and 2008.Party in the Paddock
/ref> The event has included acts such as Bernie Marsden
Bernard John Marsden (born 7 May 1951) is an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as " Fool for Your Lovin ...
, Roger Daltrey
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Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include " My Generation", " Pinball Wizard", " Won't Get Fooled ...
with The Who
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, Zak Starkey
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, Marillion, Don Airey and Nikki Murray. There are rumours circulating that Peter Andre is set to appear in the summer of 2022 along with special guest Naan Bread, however nothing has been officially confirmed.
Tingewick Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest south of the village.
References
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External links
The People of Tingewick
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Villages in Buckinghamshire
Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire