Hardwick, Buckinghamshire
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| Hardwick | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Hardwick from the church tower, 2008 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP805192 |
| Location: | 51°51’48"N, 0°49’55"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 315 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Aylesbury |
| Postcode: | HP22 |
| Dialling code: | 01296 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Aylesbury |
Hardwick is a village and parish in the Cottesloe Hundred of Buckinghamshire. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about four miles north of Aylesbury itself.
Hardwick is a common place name of Anglo-Saxon origin meaning 'livestock farm'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was known as Harduich.
Nearby Weedon is a hamlet in the parish of Hardwick.
The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and the churchyard contains a grave for the soldiers who died during the Civil War at the Battle of Aylesbury in 1642.[2]
References
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ↑ Quick, Kevin (8 November 2000). "The Battle of Aylesbury, 1642". Genuki. http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Military/Civil_War/BattleOfAylesbury/index.html.
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