Tingewick
| Tingewick | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary Magdalene parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP656328 |
| Location: | 51°59’24"N, 1°2’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,093 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Buckingham |
| Postcode: | MK18 |
| Dialling code: | 01280 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | [Aylesbury Vale |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Buckingham |
| Website: | Tingewick Parish |
Tingewick is a village and parish in the Buckingham Hundred of Buckinghamshire, about two and a half miles west of Buckingham itself. The parish is bounded to the north by the River Great Ouse; to the east by a tributary of the Great Ouse; to the west by the county border with Oxfordshire and to the south by field boundaries.
The village was formerly on the A421 road but from 1998 has been bypassed by a dual carriageway.
The parish comprises about 2,300 acres of mainly arable farmland and pasture with some woodland. Part of the village is a Conservation Area and a number of the 450 dwellings are listed buildings.
History
The remains of a Roman villa provide evidence of early habitation in the parish.[2] It is about 440 yds north-east of the village, about 200 yds from the river and lies east of Tingewick Mill.[3] The villa was partly excavated in 1860-62.[2][3]
The toponym is derived from the Old English for "Teoda's dwelling". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Tedinwiche.[2]
The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene is the Norman 12th-century nave.[2] The three-bay north aisle was added in about 1200.[2] The Perpendicular gothic[4] chancel and bell-tower were added late in the 15th century.[2] The north aisle was altered in the 17th century, the south aisle was added in 1830 and the south porch in 1867.[2]
The tower has a ring of five bells.[2] The oldest was cast in London in about 1490[5] and is inscribed Nomen Magdalene Campana Gerit Melodie.[2] The second bell was cast by Bartholomew Atton of Buckingham[5] in 1591.[6] Robert Atton of Buckingham[5] cast the fourth bell in 1623[6] and the treble bell in 1627.[6] The youngest bell in the ring is the tenor, cast by Henry Bagley III of Chacombe and Witney[5] in 1721.[6]
Amenities
The village has one public house, the Royal Oak, with The Crown, a grade II listed building, closing permanently in 2013. Tingewick has a village hall, a Post Office and village shop, a pottery, an auction room, an agricultural metal work factory, an animal feed warehouse and a farm supplies depot.
Tingewick is served by Roundwood Primary School,[7] which was formed by merging the Tingewick and Gawcott infants schools.
The village has held three large charity concerts called 'Party in the Paddock' in 2004, 2005 and 2008.[8] The event has included acts such as Bernie Marsden, Roger Daltrey with The Who, Zak Starkey, Marillion, Don Airey and Nikki Murray.
Tingewick Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest south of the village.
References
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Page, 1927, pages 249-251
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pevsner, 1960, page 269
- ↑ Pevsner, 1960, page 268
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Bell Founders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/founders.php. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Tingewick S Mary Magd". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=Tingewick&DoveID=TINGEWICK. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Roundwod Primary School
- ↑ Party in the Paddock
Sources
- Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. 1927. pp. 249–251.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1960]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
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