Prebendal Farm, Aylesbury
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Prebendal Farm is a
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in
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,
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,
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. It is located to the west of the town, bordered by the Oxford Road, the railway and the Bearbrook (a minor stream that rises in
Bedgrove Bedgrove is one of the housing estates of the town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, though it takes its name from a farm and hamlet that stood in the area until the area was cleared for building in the late 1950s. At the time it was built it was ...
and is a tributary of the
River Thame The River Thame is a river in Southern England. A tributary of the River Thames, the river runs generally south-westward for about from its source above the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury to the Thames in south-east Oxfordshire. Course Thr ...
). Prebendal Farm was originally a farm on the outskirts of the old town of Aylesbury, and was one of the primary locations where the
Aylesbury duck The Aylesbury duck is a breed of domesticated duck, bred mainly for its meat and appearance. It is a large duck with pure white plumage, a pink bill, orange legs and feet, an unusually large keel, and a horizontal stance with its body parallel t ...
industry was developed. The owner at that time was John Kersley Fowler who was the proposer of
Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a ...
for Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire. The new housing estate was built in the early 1970s and the major road through the estate was named after J. K. Fowler (above). Since then the estate has seen a period of decline to the extent that it is now recognised as one of the most relatively deprived areas of the district. This led to the Coldharbour
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(of which Prebendal Farm is a part) being the pilot
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initiative for the
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area and has subsequently led to the formation of a Residents' Group and youth club on the estate.


Education

Bearbrook Combined School is a mixed
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in Prebendal Farm. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 4 through to the age of 11. The school has approximately 350 pupils.Buckinghamshire County Council - Schools Zone


Transport

Prebendal Farm is provided with a regular bus service to Aylesbury town centre by RedRoseTravel. The Silver Rider service operates between the hours of 0600 and 2000 to a frequency of every 15 minutes, and provides a fast and popular link to the town.


References

Aylesbury Housing estates in Buckinghamshire {{Buckinghamshire-geo-stub