Nash, Buckinghamshire
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 All Saints Church, in the village of Nash |
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| Population | 417 (2011 census) |
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| OS grid reference | SP779343 |
| Civil parish | Nash |
| District | Aylesbury Vale |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United 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 Parliament | Buckingham |
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Coordinates: 52°00′12″N 0°51′59″W / 52.0034°N 0.8665°W
The pond at Wood End, in Nash
Nash is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the north of the county, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Milton Keynes and 4 miles (6.4 km) miles east of Buckingham.
Total population of Nash Civil Parish, Buckinghamshire, as reported by the Census of Population from 1871 to 1961
A Map of Nash published by the Ordnance Survey in the 1940s
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.
Between 1870 and 1872, Nash was described as
"NASH, a hamlet in Whaddon parish, Bucks; 5½ miles E of Buckingham. Acres, 1, 430. Real property, £1, 813, Pop., 462. Houses, 103. The property is divided chiefly among five. The hamlet forms chief part of the chapelry of Thornton-cum-Nash; and contains the church of thatchapelry, a Baptist chapel, and a national school. Nash Common is a meet for the Whaddon Chase hounds."[1]
In 2011, according to the census, the population total of Nash was 417.[2]
References
- ↑ Bartholomew, John (1887). Gazetteer of the British Isles (1st ed.). Edniburgh: Bartholomew.
- ↑ "Nash: Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighborhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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