| Weedon | |
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Weedon
Weedon shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| Population | 388 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP8118 |
| Parish | Weedon |
| District | Aylesbury Vale |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aylesbury |
| Postcode district | HP22 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Aylesbury |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Weedon is a village and civil parish north of Aylesbury and south of Hardwick in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England.
The toponym is derived from the Old English for "hill with a heathen temple". In records dated 1066 the village was recorded as Weodune.
Weedon has a Methodist Chapel and a pub called the Five Elms. To the east of the village is the hamlet of East End.
Land in the parish, southwest of the village and next to the northern edge of Aylesbury has been designated a Major Development Area - Weedon Hill - which when complete will include 850 houses, a local centre, a secondary school and the new Aylesbury Vale Parkway railway station. In 2010 the district council decided that as of May 2011 the Weedon Hill development will separate off and form a separate parish from the main village.[2]
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