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Watlington
Watlington is a market town and civil parish regarding 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Thame in Oxfordshire, near the region's eastern edge and also less than 2 miles (3 kilometres) from its boundary with Buckinghamshire. The church includes the hamlets of Xmas Common, Greenfield as well as Howe Hill, every one of which are in the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,727. The Watlington location is likely to have actually been cleared up at a very early date, motivated by the proximity of the Icknield Way. The toponym suggests "settlement of Waecel's people" and shows profession from around the sixth century. A 9th-century charter by Æthelred of Mercia documents eight 'manses' or significant homes in Watlington. The Domesday Book of 1086 identified the area as an agricultural community valued at £ 610. Medieval records indicate that the modern street plan remained in existence in the 14th century, as Cochynes-lane (Couching Street), and also Brook Street are recorded. There are records of inns in Watlington because the 15th century. In 1722 the community'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 next couple of years by a local brewing family members, the Haywards. The variety of licensed properties enhanced until late in the 19th century when George Wilkinson, a Methodist purchased 6 of them and also shut them down. Today Watlington has three hostelries: the Carriers Arms, The Chequers and also The Fat Fox Inn. Parliamentarian troops were billeted at Watlington throughout the English Civil War. It is believed that John Hampden stayed in the town the night before the Battle of Chalgrove Field. In 1664-- 65 the Town Hall was developed at the expense of Thomas Stonor. Its top room was enhanced by Stonor as a grammar school for kids, as well as in 1731 Dame Alice Tipping of Ewelme provided an additional endowment to boost the number of students. In 1842 the community Vestry established a National School, which shared the very same areas in the Town Hall. In 1843 a National Institution for girls was constructed alongside St Leonard's church. In 1872 the boys' and girls' institutions were soaked up into a new Board school, which like its precursors was associated to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. In 1927 the institution was divided right into separate junior as well as senior schools. In 1956 a brand-new high school-- the Icknield School-- opened up for elderly pupils and also the primary school took over the old facilities. The Icknield School is now Icknield Community College. By 1895 the City center, no longer used as a college, was in disrepair. In 1907 it was recovered by public registration. It is a spots at the meeting point of 3 roadways in the centre of the town. Given that 1990 Watlington has been twinned with the town of Mansle in the Poitou-Charentes area of France. The Watlington Hoard, a collection of silver things going 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 excavated, as well as eventually acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for £ 1.35 m.
