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Houses in Turville, with Cobstone Windmill in the background |
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Turville
Turville shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| Population | 311 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SU765915 |
| Parish | Turville |
| District | Wycombe |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HENLEY-ON-THAMES |
| Postcode district | RG9 |
| Dialling code | 01491 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Wycombe |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Turville is a village and civil parish within Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about five miles west of High Wycombe and five miles north of Henley-on-Thames.
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'dry field'. It was recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 796 as Thyrefeld.
The manor of Turville once belonged to the abbey at St Albans, but was seized by the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547. The manor house has since been rebuilt as Turville Park, a fine stately home in the village. The present incumbent of the manor is Lord Sainsbury, of the J Sainsbury plc supermarket family.
Turville was also home to eleven-year-old Ellen Sadler, who fell asleep in 1871 and purportedly did not wake for nine years, becoming known as "The Sleeping Girl of Turvile". The case attracted international attention from newspapers, medical professionals and the public. Rumours persist in the region that Ellen Sadler was visited by royalty for a "laying on of hands".[2][3]
The 1942 film Went the Day Well? in which German paratroopers invade a small English village was filmed in Turville, as were many of the scenes from the 1963 comedy film Father Came Too!. Additionally many of the outdoor scenes of television show The Vicar of Dibley was filmed in Turville, as were the outdoor scenes of Goodnight Mr Tom, the dream scene in Bride and Prejudice, the Daffyd Thomas scenes in Little Britain and the Cobstone Windmill used in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the neighbouring parish of Ibstone, overlooks the village of Turville. Scenes have also been shot in the village for Midsomer Murders, Lewis, Marple, the 2008 Christmas special of Jonathan Creek, the British drama An Education, and the 2009 BBC adaptation of The Day Of The Triffids. The village is also used as a location in the film An Education.
The local pub is The Bull & Butcher.[4]
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As noted, the village of Turville is the principal location of the popular sitcom, The Vicar of Dibley. Whilst many of the scenes were performed live in the BBC Television Centre in front of a live studio audience, the scenes shot outdoors were filmed in the picturesque village of Turville a.k.a Dibley. In the series the church of St. Mary the Virgin was renamed "St. Barnabas".
One of Turville's most famous residents is Lord Sainsbury of Turville who lives in Manor of Turville, the house that once belonged to the abbey at St Albans, but was seized by the Crown in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1547. The manor house has since been rebuilt as Turville Park, a fine stately home in the village. Lord Sainsbury is the former Chairman of Sainsbury's supermarket and current Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is noted for his philanthropy founding the Gatsby Charitable Foundation in 1967 and the Sainsbury Management Fellowship scheme in 1987. In 2009 he became the first Briton to donate more than £1 billion to charities.
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