Finmere

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Finmere
Finmere (Oxfordshire)
Finmere

Finmere shown within Oxfordshire
Population 436 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference SP636329
Parish Finmere
District Cherwell
Shire county Oxfordshire
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BUCKINGHAM
Postcode district MK18
Dialling code 01280
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Buckingham
List of places: UKEnglandOxfordshire

Coordinates: 51°59′27″N 1°04′23″W / 51.990923, -1.072929

St Michael & All Angels Church
St Michael & All Angels Church

Finmere is an English village in Oxfordshire, very close to the border with Buckinghamshire. At the center of the village is a fourteenth century church dedicated to St Michael and All Angels and a section of the Roman road runs through the eastern side of the village. The village includes the hamlet of Little Tingewick.

The village once had a station on the former Great Central Railway, the last main line to be constructed from the north of England to London, opened in March 1899. The station was originally referred to as Finmere for Buckingham, although Buckingham itself is about five miles away. The station closed in March 1963, the line itself in September 1966.

The name Finmere is understood to mean "pool frequented by woodpeckers". There is also one Pub in Finmere which is called the Red Lion.

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