Ibstone (previously Ipstone) is a village and

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within

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in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Chiltern Hills on the border with Oxfordshire, about south of Stokenchurch. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Hibba's

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', referring to the boundary with Oxfordshire. At the time of King Edward the Confessor the village was in the possession of Tovi, thane of the king, and was called ''Hibestanes''. St Nicholas' Church, Ibstone

The

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church, dedicated to Saint Nicholas, stands separate from the rest of the village; this is a common occurrence in places in this part of the country that had some standing in the pre-

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Celtic period. The village includes

Cobstone Windmill Cobstone Mill was built around 1816 on Turville Hill in Buckinghamshire, England, and overlooks the village of Turville. It is a smock mill that replaced the original mill that had stood there since the 16th century. The machinery was previously ...

. The windmill was built around 1816 and is unusual in that it is a twelve-sided smock mill, still housing some of its original machinery. It was converted into a residency during the 1950s and then refurbished after 1971. It was also used as Caractacus Potts' workshop in the 1968 film, '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' and seen in ''The New Avengers'' (TV series) episode, ''The House of Cards''. The actress Hayley Mills and her film producer husband

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owned the windmill and lived there in the early 1970s. The politician

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also lived in the village. The common is an area of open access land and the standing stone (OS GR SU7507 9371) was erected for the Millennium -year 2000. IBSTONE is the name given to a hymn tune composed in 1875 by Maria C. Tiddeman (1837–1915), music professor in

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St Nicholas' Church
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