Watlington
Watlington is a market community as well as civil parish about 7 miles (11 kilometres) south of Thame in Oxfordshire, near the county's eastern edge and less than 2 miles (3 kilometres) from its border with Buckinghamshire. The church consists of the hamlets of Christmas Common, Greenfield and also Howe Hill, all of which are in the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,727. The Watlington area is most likely to have actually been resolved at a very early day, motivated by the closeness of the Icknield Way. The toponym indicates "settlement of Waecel's individuals" and shows occupation from around the 6th century. A 9th-century charter by Æthelred of Mercia documents 8 'manses' or significant houses in Watlington. The Domesday Book of 1086 determined the location as an agricultural neighborhood valued at £ 610. Medieval papers suggest that the contemporary road strategy was in presence in the 14th century, as Cochynes-lane (Couching Street), and Brook Street are recorded. There are records 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 brewing family members, the Haywards. The variety of certified properties boosted until late in the 19th century when George Wilkinson, a Methodist purchased 6 of them as well as closed them down. Today Watlington has 3 public houses: the Carriers Arms, The Chequers and The Fat Fox Inn. Parliamentarian troops were billeted at Watlington throughout the English Civil War. It is believed that John Hampden remained in the town the evening prior to the Battle of Chalgrove Field. In 1664-- 65 the Town Hall was developed at the cost of Thomas Stonor. Its top room was enhanced by Stonor as a grade school for young boys, and also in 1731 Dame Alice Tipping of Ewelme provided an additional endowment to enhance 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 girls was developed next to St Leonard's church. In 1872 the young boys' as well as girls' schools were taken in into a brand-new Board college, which like its precursors was associated to the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. In 1927 the college was separated into different junior and also senior colleges. In 1956 a brand-new secondary school-- the Icknield School-- 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 longer made use of as an institution, remained in disrepair. In 1907 it was restored by public membership. It is a landmark at the meeting point of 3 roadways in the centre of the community. Considering 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 items going back to the moment of Alfred the Great in the 9th century, was discovered in Watlington by James Mather, an amateur metal-detectorist, in 2015. The heap was ultimately dug deep into, as well as at some point bought by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for £ 1.35 m.
