Hardwick, Buckinghamshire Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Hardwick
Static Image:Hardwick from the church tower. - geograph.org.uk - 904466.jpg
Static Image Caption:Hardwick from the church tower, 2008
Coordinates:51.8634°N -0.832°W
Civil Parish:Hardwick
Population:315
Population Ref:(2011 Census)[1]
Unitary England:Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy England:Buckinghamshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Aylesbury
Post Town:AYLESBURY
Postcode District:HP22
Postcode Area:HP
Dial Code:01296
Os Grid Reference:SP805192

Hardwick is both a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about four miles north of Aylesbury.

Hardwick is a common place name in England, of Old English origin meaning 'livestock farm'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was known as Harduich.

Nearby Weedon is a hamlet in the parish of Hardwick.

The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and the churchyard contains a grave for the soldiers who died during the English Civil War at the Battle of Aylesbury in 1642.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124222&c=Hardwick&d=16&e=62&g=6404090&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359911910520&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census
  2. Web site: Quick . Kevin . The Battle of Aylesbury, 1642 . . 8 November 2000 . 2010-08-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100804034048/http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Military/Civil_War/BattleOfAylesbury/index.html . 4 August 2010 .