Nash, Buckinghamshire

Nash
Nash
 Nash shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 417 [1]
OS grid referenceSP779343
Civil parishNash
DistrictAylesbury Vale
Shire countyBuckinghamshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district MK17
Dialling code 01908
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentBuckingham
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Coordinates: 52°00′12″N 0°51′59″W / 52.0034°N 0.8665°W

Nash is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the north of the county, near Milton Keynes and four miles east of Buckingham.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'ash tree'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Esse. The name went from 'Ash' to 'Nash' by local colloquialism.

There are no working shops or pubs in the village.

References

  1. National Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013

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