Whaddon, Buckinghamshire

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Whaddon
Whaddon, Buckinghamshire (Buckinghamshire)
Whaddon, Buckinghamshire

Whaddon shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference SP805340
Unitary authority Aylesbury Vale
Ceremonial county Buckinghamshire
Region South East
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district MK17
Dialling code 01908
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
European Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Buckingham
List of places: UKEnglandBuckinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°00′00″N 0°49′41″W / 52, -0.828

Whaddon is a village in the Aylesbury Vale, in Buckinghamshire.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'hill where wheat is grown'. The village is referred to several times in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle generally in the form of Hwætædun.

The village is at the centre of the ancient Whaddon Chase, the site for many centuries of royal hunting lands. Whaddon Chase is designated an area of 'Special Landscape Interest'.

Whaddon Church of England School is a mixed Church of England primary school. It is a voluntary controlled school, which takes children from the age of four through to the age of eight. The school has approximately 50 pupils.

Whaddon Hall, (the village manor) was once home to the Selby-Lowndes family, whose ancestor William Lowndes built the larger and grander Winslow Hall. Both mansions are still a private houses. During World War II Whaddon Hall served as headquarters of Section VII of MI6, under the command of Brigadier Gamber Perry. In February 1940, the "Station X" wireless interception function was transferred here from Bletchley Park.[1]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Pidgeon, Geoffrey [2003]. Station X - The Secret Wireless War. Universal Publishing Solutions Online Ltd. ISBN 978-1843752523.