Fawley, Buckinghamshire
| Fawley | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU7586 |
| Location: | 51°34’34"N, 0°54’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 258 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Henley-on-Thames |
| Postcode: | RG9 |
| Dialling code: | 01491 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wycombe |
Fawley is a village and parish in the Desborough Hundred of Buckinghamshire, adjacent to the borders with Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It is about seven miles west of Great Marlow and north of Henley-on-Thames.
The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "fallow-coloured woodland clearing". It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Falelie.
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke, a prominent Member of Parliament in Cromwell's day, was from Fawley. In 1642 he allowed soldiers fighting in the Civil War to stay at the manor house in Fawley, known as Fawley Court but they were quite raucous in their behaviour and destroyed the contents of the house. In 1684 the house was redesigned, following a design by Sir Christopher Wren.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was rebuilt in 1748. It has a Tree of Life stained glass window designed by the artist John Piper (who lived nearby in Fawley Bottom) and Patrick Reyntiens.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123379&c=Fawley&d=16&e=62&g=6404833&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479664429179&enc=1. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Fawley, Buckinghamshire) |
- UK & Ireland Genealogy — Fawley historical information
- Windows in St Mary, Fawley, Bucks from Buckinghamshire Stained Glass
