Ashendon

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Ashendon
Ashendon Church
Ashendon shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SP7014
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 51°49′N 0°59′W / 51.82, -0.98

Ashendon is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 248. It is situated about nine miles west of Aylesbury and seven miles north of Thame.

The village name is Anglo-Saxon and means Hill overgrown with ash trees. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was listed as the property of the Grenville family; it was called Assedune. The original name refers to the fact that in Saxon times this area was completely forested, and served as hunting land for the king.

In recent times the manor of Ashendon passed into the hands of the Marquis of Buckingham.

Included in with the parish of Ashendon are the hamlets of Upper Pollicott and Lower Pollicott. The names of these hamlets derive from the Anglo Saxon Pol's Cottage.

In the less distant past, Ashendon was an entirely farming village and, at present, there is still much agricultural activity within the village. However, some of the farm houses have been converted into private residences, the best example of this being Ashendon Farm. Although Ashendon is a small village, in comparison with many nearby Buckinghamshire villages, it has a pub, a recreational playing field, a church and a thriving “Social Club”.