Quainton
Sign in to saveQuainton (formerly Quainton Malet) is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, north-west of Aylesbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,295. The village has two churches (Anglican and Baptist), a school and one public house. The location means that while many commute to London, others are employed in neighbouring towns and villages.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Quainton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Almshouses, Church Street, Quainton - geograph.org.uk - 6387839.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Quainton church and 17th-century Winwood Almshouses
- UK place.population
- 1,292
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP745201
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.civil_parish
- Quainton
- UK place.unitary_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Buckinghamshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.country
- England
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Buckinghamshire
- Population
- +1292
- Image
- Quainton UK 2.gif
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Historic buildings
- Winwood Almshouses
- Quainton Windmill
- Other features
- Education
- Transport
- Rail
- Buses
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Quainton (formerly Quainton Malet) is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, north-west of Aylesbury. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 1,295. The village has two churches (Anglican and Baptist), a school and one public house. The location means that while many commute to London, others are employed in neighbouring towns and villages.
==Early history== thumb|left|The remains of the preaching cross on the Village Green. Its name is Old English and means ''Queen's Estate (cwen tun). It is not known to which queen this refers, but possibly the queen was Edith, the wife of Edward the Confessor. Known as "Fair Edith", she held manors in this part of Buckinghamshire, including a hunting lodge at Mentmore. Edward the Confessor had a palace at nearby Brill.