Chilton is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the west of the county, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Thame in Oxfordshire. Chilton parish includes the hamlet of Easington (not to be confused with the Oxfordshire village of Easington).
| Chilton | |
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 Village cottages, Chilton, Bucks, 2004 | |
  Chilton Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 302 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP6811 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aylesbury |
| Postcode district | HP18 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Manor
editThe toponym "Chilton" is derived from the Old English for "young man's farm".[citation needed] The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Ciltone.[2] It evolved via the forms Chiltone in the 12th century and Schelton in the 18th century before reaching its present form.[2]
Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington.[2] However, the Domesday Book records that by 1086 the Norman baron Walter Giffard held the two manors.[2]
Chilton House was built by John Croke in the early 17th century, then rebuilt by Richard Carter in the 1740s. Its design was based on that of Buckingham House. [3] It is now in the ownership of the Aubrey-Fletcher family and operated as a residential care home.[4]
Parish church
editThe Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was originally a 12th-century Norman building but few details survive from that period.[2] The chancel and south transept are 13th century, the Decorated Gothic tower forms the north transept[5] and is mid-14th century.[2] The nave,[6] chancel arch and chancel roof were renewed in the 15th century.[2] The Perpendicular Gothic south chapel was added in about 1520.[2]
References
edit- ^ "2011 census". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Page, W.H. (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. pp. 22–27.
- ^ "Chilton House, Thame Road, Chilton, Buckinghamshire". Historic England.
- ^ "Taking care of manor's colourful past". Bucks Herald.
- ^ Pevsner 1973, p. 95.
- ^ Reed 1979, p. 138.
Sources
edit- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1966]. Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0140710191.
- Reed, Michael (1979). Hoskins, W.G.; Millward, Roy (eds.). The Buckinghamshire Landscape. The Making of the English Landscape. London: Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 74, 138. ISBN 0-340-19044-2.
External links
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