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| Great Horwood | |
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  Great Horwood Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
| Population | 1,049 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP770312 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK17 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
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Great Horwood is a small village andcivil parish within theunitary authority area ofBuckinghamshire, England. At the2011 Census it had a population of 1,049. It is about five miles ESE ofBuckingham, six miles WSW ofMilton Keynes.
The name 'Horwood' isAnglo Saxon in origin, and means 'muddy wood'. The affix 'Great' was added later to differentiate it from the adjacent villageLittle Horwood. In theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle in 792 the village was recorded asHorwudu.[citation needed]
The village was from ancient times on the periphery of theWhaddon Chase:royal hunting land that stretched across the north part of theAylesbury Vale. In 1447 the village was grantedRoyal charter to hold a weeklymarket, thus becoming amarket town. The rents from the market were collected byNew College, Oxford. Great Horwood is no longer a market town. In 1996, thelordship of the manor of Great Horwood was sold by New College to D. Jackson "Jack" Smith, an American lawyer and former member of theTennessee House of Representatives.[3]
Ahamlet within theparish border of Great Horwood isSingleborough.[citation needed]
Both Great Horwood village itself and Singleborough haveConservation Areas and there are 46 Grade IIlisted buildings in the Parish.[citation needed] Great Horwood has two historicpubs: The Swan Inn on Winslow Road[4] and The Crown, on the village green, which closed in 2019.[5]
The parish church is dedicated toSt James.[6]
Great Horwood Church of England Combined School is avoluntary controlledChurch of Englandprimary school. The school is mixed, with approximately 160 pupils, aged between four and eleven. Its catchment area also includes the villages ofThornborough,Nash,Beachampton andWhaddon.[citation needed]
