Watlington
Watlington is a market town and also civil parish about 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Thame in Oxfordshire, near the region's eastern side as well as less than 2 miles (3 km) from its border with Buckinghamshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Xmas Common, Greenfield and Howe Hillside, all of which remain in the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,727. The Watlington area is most likely to have been worked out at a very early date, encouraged by the proximity of the Icknield Way. The toponym means "negotiation of Waecel's individuals" and indicates occupation from around the 6th century. A 9th-century charter by Æthelred of Mercia records 8 'manses' or significant dwellings in Watlington. The Domesday Book of 1086 identified the area as a farming neighborhood valued at £ 610. Medieval records indicate that the modern road plan was in existence in the 14th century, as Cochynes-lane (Couching Street), as well as Brook Street are recorded. There are documents of inns in Watlington because the 15th century. In 1722 the town's market was noted as being hung on a Saturday. By the end of the 18th century the town had 6 inns, all of which were bought up in the following few years by a regional developing family members, the Haywards. The number of accredited properties boosted up until late in the 19th century when George Wilkinson, a Methodist bought 6 of them as well as shut them down. Today Watlington has 3 public houses: the Carriers Arms, The Chequers and The Fat Fox Inn. Parliamentarian troops were billeted at Watlington during the English Civil Battle. It is believed that John Hampden remained in the community the night prior to the Battle of Chalgrove Field. In 1664-- 65 the City center was constructed at the expense of Thomas Stonor. Its upper area was enhanced by Stonor as a grade school for boys, and also in 1731 Dame Alice Tipping of Ewelme provided a more endowment to raise the variety of students. In 1842 the community Vestry established a National School, which shared the same areas in the Town Hall. In 1843 a National School for ladies was developed beside St Leonard's church. In 1872 the young boys' as well as girls' colleges were taken in into a brand-new Board college, which like its predecessors was connected to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. In 1927 the institution was divided into different junior as well as senior schools. In 1956 a new secondary school-- the Icknield Institution-- opened up for senior pupils as well as the primary school took over the old facilities. The Icknield School is currently Icknield Community College. By 1895 the City center, no longer made use of as a school, was in disrepair. In 1907 it was recovered by public membership. It is a landmark at the meeting point of 3 roads in the centre of the community. Considering that 1990 Watlington has actually been twinned with the town of Mansle in the Poitou-Charentes region of France. The Watlington Hoard, a collection of silver products dating back to the time of Alfred the Great in the 9th century, was uncovered in Watlington by James Mather, an amateur metal-detectorist, in 2015. The hoard was ultimately dug deep into, and also at some point purchased by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for £ 1.35 m.
