Waddesdon
| Waddesdon | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Waddesdon Manor | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP743168 |
| Location: | 51°50’46"N, -0°55’17"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,097 (2011) |
| Post town: | Aylesbury |
| Postcode: | HP18 |
| Dialling code: | 01296 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Buckingham |
Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire, found 6 miles west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also names a civil parish which includes the hamlets of Eythrope, Wormstone and Woodham. Waddesdon was an agricultural village but with mills, silk weavers and lace makers.
Parish church
The parish church of St Michael and All Angels dates from 1190, with mediæval and Victorian additions.
History
Between 1897 and 1936, Waddesdon had train services on the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway (later part of the Metropolitan Railway) at Waddesdon Manor railway station, two miles from the village. There was also a halt on the Brill Tramway.
In 1874, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bought a large estate in the area and built a vast mansion in the form of a French château; Waddesdon Manor. The house was on a hill-top above the village. He transformed Waddesdon into an estate village, with new houses for employees and tenants, a school, a public house, cricket pavilion and village hall.
The hotel on the main road, adjacent to the manor grounds, is The Five Arrows, named from the badge of the Rothschilds.
Waddesdon Manor and grounds are now the property of the National Trust, and Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild retains the estate and a house at nearby Eythrope.
Outside links
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