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The name Buckinghamshire is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means The district (scire) of Bucca's home. Bucca's home refers to Buckingham in the north of the county, and is named after the Anglo-Saxon landowner, Bucca. The county has been so named since about the 12th century; however, the county has existed since it was a subdivision of the kingdom ...
History of Buckinghamshire. Although the name Buckinghamshire is Anglo Saxon in origin meaning The district (scire) of Bucca's home (referring to Buckingham in the north of the county) the name has only been recorded since about the 12th century. The historic county itself has been in existence since it was a subdivision of the kingdom of ...
Mar 27, 2024 · The historic county of Buckinghamshire was affected by each phase of English settlement from the Neolithic to the Saxon, and under the latter’s rule it was part of the kingdom of Mercia, resisted Danish invasion from the east, and became prosperous. The Chiltern Hills were heavily forested, however, and clearance of the woodland was completed ...
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Buckinghamshire: County of Buckingham Bucks: 33 Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire of the Kingdom of Mercia. Cambridgeshire: County of Cambridge Cambs: 25 Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire. First mentioned early in the 11th century. Cheshire: County of Chester Ches: County palatine: 20 Anglo-Saxon origins as a shire, probably dating from early in the ...
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Welcome to Buckinghamshire, whose county town is not Buckingham as you may expect, but rather surprisingly, Aylesbury! The name Buckinghamshire is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means ‘the district of Bucca’s home’, Bucca being an Anglo-Saxon landowner. Today Buckinghamshire is popular with commuters due to its proximity to London.
Buckinghamshire takes its name from its original county town, Buckingham, whose name in turn is form the Old English Buccingaham ("Bucca's kin's home"). The Mercian underkingdom of Cilternesæte ("Chiternset") was in these hills. Buckinghamshire first appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (as Buccingahamscir) in 1010
For much of the Saxon period minsters served a wide community with a number of clergymen. Some Saxon churches would have been built of wood but a few churches in Buckinghamshire have evidence of Saxon stonework, such as Wing, Hardwick and Iver. Wing church possibly dates to the late 7th or early 8th century.
