Whaddon

Whaddon is a village and civil parish in , England. It is situated just outside of , a constituent town of . The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'hill where wheat is grown'.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Snelshall Priory and St Giles’s Church, Tattenhoe.

Archaeological site
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was a Benedictine priory in , in the , built around 1200. The priory was founded after Sybil d'Aungerville granted land at to Lavendon Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery of 'White canons' who most likely started a cell at Snelshall.

Church
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St. Giles's Church is a small 16th century Church of England church in , a district in south-west , , . It is of modest size but is a Grade II* listed building.

Prison
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is a category B men's high security located in , England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milton Keynes and Loughton.

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is a city of 245,000 people in the South East of England. is well known in the UK as a planned city built in the 1960s with emphatically modernist architecture.

Suburb
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is a historic village and modern neighbourhood in the civil parish of and Great Holm in , Buckinghamshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mile west of , bounded by the A5 to the east, H5 Portway to the north, V4 Watling Street to the west and H6 Childs Way to the south. is situated 3 miles northeast of Whaddon.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, within the Buckinghamshire Council unitary authority area. The village is about four miles east-south-east of and two miles north-east of . is situated 2 miles southwest of Whaddon.

Whaddon

Latitude
51.9979° or 51° 59′ 52″ north
Longitude
-0.8287° or 0° 49′ 43″ west
Elevation
466 feet (142 metres)
Open location code
9C3XX5XC+4G
Geo­Names ID
7299791
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