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Watlington is a market community and also civil parish regarding 7 miles (11 km) south of Thame in Oxfordshire, near the region's eastern side and less than 2 miles (3 kilometres) from its border with Buckinghamshire. The church consists of the districts 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 resolved at a very early day, motivated by the proximity of the Icknield Way. The toponym means "settlement of Waecel's individuals" and also suggests line of work from around the sixth century. A 9th-century charter by Æthelred of Mercia records eight 'manses' or major dwellings in Watlington. The Domesday Book of 1086 identified the location as an agricultural community valued at £ 610. Medieval papers suggest that the contemporary street plan remained 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 given that the 15th century. In 1722 the community's market was detailed as being held on a Saturday. By the end of the 18th century the town had 6 inns, every one of which were bought up in the next couple of years by a neighborhood brewing family, the Haywards. The number of certified facilities enhanced until late in the 19th century when George Wilkinson, a Methodist bought 6 of them and also closed them down. Today Watlington has 3 pubs: the Carriers Arms, The Chequers and also The Fat Fox Inn. Parliamentarian soldiers were billeted at Watlington during the English Civil Battle. It is believed that John Hampden stayed in the community the evening before the Battle of Chalgrove Field. In 1664-- 65 the Town Hall was developed at the cost of Thomas Stonor. Its upper room was granted by Stonor as a grammar school for children, as well as in 1731 Dame Alice Tipping of Ewelme provided a more endowment to raise the variety of students. In 1842 the town Vestry established a National School, which shared the very same spaces in the Town Hall. In 1843 a National Institution for women was built alongside St Leonard's church. In 1872 the boys' as well as girls' colleges were absorbed into a brand-new Board school, which like its predecessors was associated to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. In 1927 the college was split right into separate junior as well as senior schools. In 1956 a brand-new high school-- the Icknield Institution-- opened for senior pupils and also the primary school took over the old premises. The Icknield School is currently Icknield Community College. By 1895 the Town Hall, no more made use of as a school, remained in disrepair. In 1907 it was brought back by public membership. It is a landmark at the meeting point of 3 roads in the centre of the town. Given that 1990 Watlington has been twinned with the community of Mansle in the Poitou-Charentes region of France. The Watlington Hoard, a collection of silver things dating back to the time of Alfred the Great in the 9th century, was found in Watlington by James Mather, an amateur metal-detectorist, in 2015. The heap was ultimately dug deep into, and at some point acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for £ 1.35 m.
