Twyford, Buckinghamshire

For other places of the same name, see Twyford.

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

The village name is derived form the Old English for "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 Church of England primary school, a Church of England parish church and a URC chapel. Next to the shop is a Chinese, Thai & English Takeaway called Lucky Star.

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

The village once 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 pupils, but has since recovered to its highest class numbers ever, at just over 60.

References

Further reading

• Page, W.H., ed (1927). A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. Victoria County History. pp. 254–259. 
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1966]. Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0 14 071019 1.