Watlington
Watlington is a market community and civil parish concerning 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Thame in Oxfordshire, near the area's eastern side as well as less than 2 miles (3 kilometres) from its border with Buckinghamshire. The church consists of the hamlets of Christmas Common, Greenfield and Howe Hill, every one of which remain in the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,727. The Watlington location is most likely to have been worked out at a very early date, encouraged by the proximity of the Icknield Way. The toponym suggests "negotiation of Waecel's individuals" as well as shows profession from around the sixth century. A 9th-century charter by Æthelred of Mercia documents eight 'manses' or major houses in Watlington. The Domesday Book of 1086 determined the area as an agricultural neighborhood valued at £ 610. Medieval files suggest that the contemporary road strategy was in existence in the 14th century, as Cochynes-lane (Couching Street), and also Brook Street are recorded. There are documents of inns in Watlington given that the 15th century. In 1722 the community's market was provided as being held on a Saturday. By the end of the 18th century the community had 6 inns, all of which were bought up in the following couple of years by a local developing household, the Haywards. The variety of licensed premises raised until late in the 19th century when George Wilkinson, a Methodist acquired six of them and shut them down. Today Watlington has 3 pubs: the Carriers Arms, The Chequers and also The Fat Fox Inn. Parliamentarian troops were billeted at Watlington during the English Civil War. It is believed that John Hampden remained in the community the night before the Battle of Chalgrove Field. In 1664-- 65 the Town Hall was developed at the cost of Thomas Stonor. Its upper area was endowed by Stonor as a grammar school for kids, and in 1731 Dame Alice Tipping of Ewelme provided a further endowment to increase the variety of pupils. In 1842 the community Vestry developed a National School, which shared the exact same areas in the Town Hall. In 1843 a National School for ladies was developed next to St Leonard's church. In 1872 the boys' as well as girls' institutions were absorbed right into a brand-new Board institution, which like its precursors was associated to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. In 1927 the school was split right into separate junior as well as elderly schools. In 1956 a brand-new high school-- the Icknield College-- opened up for elderly pupils and the primary school took control of the old properties. The Icknield School is now Icknield Community College. By 1895 the Town Hall, no more made use of as an institution, was in disrepair. In 1907 it was recovered by public subscription. It is a spots at the meeting point of three roadways in the centre of the community. Since 1990 Watlington has 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 moment of Alfred the Great in the 9th century, was found in Watlington by James Mather, an amateur metal-detectorist, in 2015. The heap was consequently dug deep into, and also ultimately bought by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for £ 1.35 m.
