North Bucks Way - Buckinghamshire County Council

North Bucks Way
A 35 mile long walk starting at The Ridgeway near Wendover
and finishing at the county boundary with Northamptonshire
Features of Interest
features, however, one of them, Burn Hill, seems to have been
used as an Iron Age or Saxon burial mound.
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The North Bucks Way leaves the Ridgeway between two
nature reserves managed by Berks, Bucks and Oxon Naturalist
Trust (BBONT), Chequers Estate and Pulpit Hill. Both reserves
contain a variety of woodland (some with white beam trees),
scrub (including box and juniper) and ancient chalk grassland
(with wild thyme and rock roses).
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Great Kimble Church is where John Hampden and others
signed a document against the payment of Ship Money in 1635
and this was the start of a series of events that lead to the civil
War. A facsimile of the document may be seen in the church.
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The underlying stone on
which Bishopstone and
Stone are located is Lower
Greensand and it can be
seen in houses and walls in
both village.
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Hartwell House is a large
stone mansion, built in the
seventeenth century and
surrounded by grounds laid out by Richard Woods in the late
18th century. Many famous people lived here including King
Louis XVIII of France who stayed with his Court between 1809
and 1813 during his exile. Set in the walls around Hartwell
House are many ammonite fossils and the date 1855, in kapped
flint.
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Eythrope Park was created for Alice de Rothschild as the
grounds for her house, the Pavilion which was built in 1883.The
North Bucks Way crosses a bridge which was built as a feature
for the park. The weir below possibly marks the site of a
m e d i ev a l w a t e r m i l l
mentioned in 1290.
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Waddesdon was also
greatly altered by the
arrival of the Rothschild
family and the
construction, by Ferdinand
Rothschild, of a French
style chateau Waddesdon
manor, in 1874-1881. The
Manor is now owned by
the National Trust and is open to the public from late March to
late October.
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The Rothschilds built and/or altered a number of buildings in
the Waddesdon area, all of
which carry the family crest
of a coronet with five
arrows, representing the
five brothers who left
Frankfurt in the early
nineteenth century.
Great Kimble was once
larger and the remains of
some of the medieval
settlement can be seen as
mounds and hollows in the
field west of the A4010.
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Linear
Walk
The Egyptian Well at Hartwell was built in 1850. The
hieroglyphics above are said to record its building in the
thirteenth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Originally there
was also an
inscription
in Greek
s t a t i n g
“water is
best”.
Two large
mounds can
be seen near
Eythrope
Park, both of
which are
natural
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Quainton Windmill is a
tower mill built in 1830
from locally made bricks. It
was the tallest windmill in
the county due to the fact
that it was built in the lee of
Quainton Hill. Produces
stoneground flour, which
can be purchased from the
windmill or at local village
stores.The mill is open to the public all year round.
Follow the Countryside Code:
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Be safe, plan ahead and follow any signs
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Leave gates and property as you find them
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Protect plants and animals and take your litter home
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Keep dogs under close control
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Consider other people
Further Information:
Rights of Way & Access, County Hall, Aylesbury, HP20 1UY
Telephone: 01296 382171
Email: row@buckscc.gov.uk
or visit our website at www.buckscc.gov.uk/rights_of_way
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Quainton Market Cross dates from the fifteenth century and
denotes the site of an ancient market or fair. The cross is
situated at the top of the green and has an ancient causeway
passing alongside it. The large paving slap opposite is where
funerals from outlaying villages had to wait for the vicar to
conduct them to the church.
The undulations at the top of Quainton Hill are the result of
stone quarrying. The hill reaches 187 metres and panoramic
views can be seen from it.
Fulbrook was a medieval village but now all that remains is
Fulbroom Farm, which was the old manor house and some
evidence on the ground of the past settlement.
Near to East Claydon is Claydon House, an eighteenth
century mansion house of the Verney family, now open to the
p u b l i c
(April –
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n
d
October)
through
t
h
e
National
Trust. It has
some fine
Rococo
stateroom
s and a
delicate
wrought
iron stairway. Florence Nightingale stays there on many
occasions and her apartment can be seen stamed the top of
the house.
Verney Junction is named after Sir Harry Verney of Claydon
House, who was the chairman of the Aylesbury and
Buckingham Railway Company. The platforms and station
Mastrers house are all that remains of what was once a busy
connection between the Aylesbury – Buckingham line and the
Bletcheley Oxford line.
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The seventeenth century manor house at Addington was
replaced by a new building in 1929, although a wing of the old
one still
survives
near the
church.
There
are large
number
of Dutch
stained
g l a s s
panels
from the
16th to
1 7 t h
century in Addington church.
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The open space in the centre of Great Horwood, locally
known as “The Green” is the site of a market granted a Royal
charter in 1447. By 1666 it was described as long since
discontinued though the site of it still remains undeveloped.
Many attractive buildings surround the market site, including
St. James Church and The Crown public house.
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The area between Great Horwood, Little Horwood and
Whaddon is Whaddon Chase originally a mixture of heath
common and woodland managed for the benefit of deer
hunting. After it was finally enclosed in 1841 much of the
woodland was cleared for agriculture and new farm buildings
were erected. Approaching Nash, the North Bucks Way now
goes along what was once the western limit of the forest.
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The earth works near Whaddon mark the site of the
Benedictine Priory of Snelshall. It dates from 1166 but was in
ruins when surrendered to the Crown in 1535.
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Whaddon Hall is easily seen from the North Bucks Way. It was
built in around 1820 but was gutted by fire in 1976. It is now
much restored inside but is not open to public,
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Milton Keynes is Britain's first new city, taking its name from a
tiny existing village.The population is planned to reach 200,000
by the end of the century. The North Bucks Way crosses the
city of the “Redway” system – a footpath and cycleway
network that keeps walkers and cyclists away from traffic.
There is a fine view of the city from the bridge crossing the A5.
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Wolverton owes its character to the railway works which have
dominated the life for most of the local people since 1838
employing more than 5,000 people at one period.
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The Grand Union (Junction) canal was built between 1793 and
1805 to provide a vital link between London and the Midlands.
Nowadays, during the summer, it is as busy with leisure
activities as it used to be with commercial activities.
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The North Bucks Way ends at the county boundary with
Northamptonshire.The Canal crosses the River Ouse on the
Iron Trunk, an aqueduct which was opened in 1811. It replaced
a stone structure built in 1803, which collapsed two years later.
The lakes to the north-east of the Canal were formed when
material was excavated for the embankments.
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