Bradenham, Buckinghamshire
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Bradenham is a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located near Saunderton, on the main road between Princes Risborough and High Wycombe.
The village name is Anglo-Saxon and means 'broad enclosure', referring to the fact that the village sits in a broad valley among the surrounding Chiltern Hills. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village was recorded as Bradeham.
Bradenham is the location of a grand manor house, which in the 13th century was a property belonging to the Earl of Warwick. The house was fit for royalty, as in 1566 Queen Elizabeth I was entertained here. The current manor house was substantially built in the 17th century. Benjamin Disraeli lived there for part of his early life.
In the Victorian era, the house was turned into a boarding school for local young gentlemen. Today it is a residential training venue for a financial services company. However it can be hired for weddings and similar functions at weekends.
[edit] National Trust property
The whole village of Bradenham is owned by the National Trust, who market it under the name Bradenham Village.
A nuclear bunker was built by RAF Strike Command on this National Trust land between 1983 and 1985, in spite of opposition including a Peace camp.
