Henton is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

in Oxfordshire, about west of Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire. Henton is in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

Chinnor Chinnor is a large village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire about southeast of Thame, close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The village is a spring line settlement on the Icknield Way below the Chiltern escarpment. Since 1932 the ci ...

, just off the

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, which has been a road since the

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Railway

In 1869–72 the

Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway The Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway was an independent English railway company that opened a line between the Oxfordshire towns of Watlington and Chinnor in 1872. The branch, which connected to the Great Western Railway (GWR) mainli ...

was built past Henton. It ran within about of Henton but the nearest station it provided was about away at . The Great Western Railway took over the line in 1883 and built about from Henton in 1906. British Railways withdrew passenger services and closed the halt in 1957. The line remained open for freight as far as Chinnor cement works until 1989. In 1994 the

Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway with its headquarters and main station at Chinnor in South Oxfordshire, England. It runs along the foot of the Chilterns escarpment. Although a few fi ...

Association reopened this section of line as a heritage railway. The association has not reinstated Wainhill Crossing Halt.

Amenities

Henton has a hotel and restaurant, the Peacock. It also has a bed and breakfast, Manor Farm Cottage.Manor Farm Cottage
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Image:Henton ManorFarmCottage.JPG, Manor Farm Cottage, Henton Image:Henton cottage.JPG, Timber-framed thatched cottage in Henton

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