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Pitstone
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Pitstone (formerly Pightelsthorn, with possible variation Pychelesthorn in 1399) is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England. It is at the foot of the central range of the Chiltern Hills, centred east of Aylesbury and 5 miles (8 km) south of Leighton Buzzard. It directly adjoins the village of Ivinghoe, and the two villages share some facilities. Being close to the Hertfordshire border Pitstone shares many amenities such as doctors, dentists etc with the close by market town of Tring.
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- Locality
- Pitstone
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,674
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Pitstone
- UK place.static_image_name
- Pitstone Windmill - geograph.org.uk - 1024342.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Pitstone Windmill
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 6.65
- UK place.population
- 2,952
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP943150
- UK place.civil_parish
- Pitstone
- UK place.unitary_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.post_town
- LEIGHTON BUZZARD
- UK place.postcode_area
- LU
- UK place.postcode_district
- LU7
- UK place.dial_code
- 01296
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Aylesbury
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Pitstone (formerly Pightelsthorn, with possible variation Pychelesthorn in 1399) is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England. It is at the foot of the central range of the Chiltern Hills, centred east of Aylesbury and 5 miles (8 km) south of Leighton Buzzard. It directly adjoins the village of Ivinghoe, and the two villages share some facilities. Being close to the Hertfordshire border Pitstone shares many amenities such as doctors, dentists etc with the close by market town of Tring.
==History== The village name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means 'Picel's thorn tree'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Pincelestorne.
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