Weedon is a village and

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north of

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and south of Hardwick in the

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district of

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, England. The

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is derived from the

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for "hill with a

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". In records dated 1066 the village was recorded as ''Weodune''. Weedon has a Methodist Chapel and a pub called the Five Elms. To the east of the village is the hamlet of East End. Portions of the village (and later parish) have been subject to human settlement since the early

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, with excavations in the early 2000s suggesting that a field system was in operation, and later Roman settlement has also been identified. Some Neolithic flint working has been recovered but there is no indication of anything more than low-level activity. Some historical sources note that Weedon (and Weedon Hill) are closely associated with the

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, although current opinion is divided as to the significance of that incident.

Housing development

Prior to 2011 land within the parish southwest of the village and adjoining the northern edge of Aylesbury was designated a 'major development area called Weedon Hill. When completed the housing development will include 850 houses, a local centre and a

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. Additionally, an extension of the

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was constructed which included a new station, opened in 2008, called Aylesbury Vale Parkway. In 2010 the district council decided that from May 2011 the Weedon Hill development would form part of the new civil parish of Buckingham Park.http://committees#aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/committees/FunctionsPage#aspx?dsid=19521&action=GetFileFromDB Aylesbury Vale District Council recommendations for Weedon parish.

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