Chinnor
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| Chinnor | |
  Chinnor shown within Oxfordshire |
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| Population | 5,857 (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Parish | Chinnor |
| District | South Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHINNOR |
| Postcode district | OX39 |
| Dialling code | 01844 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Henley |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Chinnor is a large village situated on the Icknield Way and the Chiltern escarpment, in South Oxfordshire. Approximately four miles south of Thame, it was formerly home to a cement works and artisans supporting High Wycombe's furniture making industry, but is primarily a dormitory for Thame, Wycombe, Aylesbury and London in the 21st century.
Dating back to Saxon times, as Ceonna, Chennore, and then Chynor, the village has a good mix of old and new buildings. It grew fastest in the 1960s - from a 1950 population of 1,961 to 4,471 in 1971. Chinnor was then situated largely around the main 'square' of Station Road, Lower Road, High Street, and Church Road (actually rectangular). The hamlet of Oakley to the southwest was subsumed into the village around this time, when building along Oakley Road and the Mill Lane estate more than doubled the physical size of the village. Today the population is around 7,300, though the 2001 census records details on only 6,850.
Chinnor played a small part in the English Civil War and many of the village's ghost stories and historical anecdotes date from this time. A number of Civil War-era buildings still survive today. More recently, Chinnor was the birthplace of U2 rock musician Adam Clayton.
Chinnor is home to a 1789 post mill that was dismantled in 1965, and which is currently being rebuilt by the Chinnor Windmill Restoration Society, at the west side of the village, off Whites Field. It is unusual, in that it has 3 crosstrees, and 6 quarterbars.
The village has two primary schools - St Andrew's Church of England, and Mill Lane County Primary - but no secondary school. Teenage children are bussed to Thame and Watlington for secondary education, and Henley or Thame for sixth form and further education.
The local MP for Chinnor is Boris Johnson (Conservative).
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[edit] Transport
The original railway from Princes Risborough that ran through Chinnor to Watlington was closed to passengers in 1957, but the section from Princes Risborough to Chinnor was used to supply Chinnor cement works until the late 1980s.
Chinnor is at one end of the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway heritage railway line. Steam locomotives are run on some weekends and bank holidays.
[edit] Churches
Chinnor has three churches: St Andrew's Church, Chinnor Methodist Church, and Chinnor Congregational Church.
[edit] Gallery
 Chinnor village hall |
 The Crown public house |
 Chinnor cement works |
