Twyford, Buckinghamshire

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Twyford is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about two miles west of Steeple Claydon, four miles north east of Bicester in Oxfordshire.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'double ford'. It is a common name in England. The village has one public house called 'The Crown', a shop and Post Office called 'Grange Stores', a school, a C of E Church and a URC Chapel. Alongside the shop is a Chinese, Thai & English Takeaway called "Lucky Star".

Twyford Church of England School is a mixed, voluntary controlled primary school, which has approximately 60 pupils from the age of four through to the age of nine.

The village has in the past had three public houses, but 'The Red Lion' and 'The Seven Stars' were both closed and converted in the past 15 years. The school once taught as few as 25 students, but has since recovered to its highest class numbers ever, at just over 60.