Buckingham

Buckingham
Buckingham Town Hall
Buckingham is located in Earth
Buckingham
Buckingham
Location within
Population12,890 {2011 Census}[1]
OS grid referenceSP695335
• London55 miles (89 km) SE
Civil parish
  • Buckingham
Unitary authority
Shire county
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUCKINGHAM
Postcode districtMK18
Dialling code01280
UK Parliament
WebsiteBuckingham Town Council
List of places
UK
England
51°59′42″N 0°59′10″W / 51.995°N 0.986°W / 51.995; -0.986

Buckingham (/ˈbʌkɪŋ(h)əm/ BUK-ing-(h)əm) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census. The town lies approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Central Milton Keynes, 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Banbury, and 24 miles (39 km) north-east of Oxford.

Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire from the 10th century, when it was made the capital of the newly formed shire of Buckingham,[2] until Aylesbury took over this role in the 18th century.[3]

Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a market town. It has a number of local shops, both national and independent. Market days are Tuesday and Saturday which take over Market Hill and the High Street cattle pens. Buckingham is twinned with Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany and Mouvaux, France.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Buckingham (built up area) (E34000850)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ "The borough of Buckingham". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 3. Constable & Co. Ltd. 1925. pp. 471–489.
  3. ^ "The borough of Aylesbury: Introduction and borough". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 3. Constable & Co. Ltd. 1925. pp. 1–11. A new County Hall, a red brick building with stone dressings, said to have been designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, at the south-east end of the Market Square [Aylesbury], was built about 1727

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