Hardwick, Buckinghamshire

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Hardwick is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about four miles north of Aylesbury.

Hardwick is a common place name in England, of Anglo Saxon origin meaning 'livestock farm'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was known as Harduich.

There is a large manor house in Hardwick called 'Lillies'. It was extensively renovated in the Edwardian period and is a fine house today, which can be seen from miles around.

Nearby Weedon is a hamlet in the parish of Hardwick.

The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and the churchyard contains a grave for the soldiers who died, during the English Civil War, at the Battle of Aylesbury in 1642. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Quick, Kevin (8th November 2000). The Battle of Aylesbury, 1642. GENUKI. Retrieved on 2006-08-04.
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