Chilton, Buckinghamshire

Chilton, Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 51°47′53″N 1°00′29″W / 51.798°N 1.008°W / 51.798; -1.008

Chilton
Chilton is located in Buckinghamshire
Chilton

 Chilton shown within Buckinghamshire
Population 347 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference SP6811
Parish Chilton
District Aylesbury Vale
Shire county Buckinghamshire
Region South East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Aylesbury
Postcode district HP18
Dialling code 01844
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament Aylesbury
List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire

Chilton is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the west of the county, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Thame in Oxfordshire. Chilton parish includes the hamlet of Easington (not to be confused with the Oxfordshire village of Easington).

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Manor

The toponym "Chilton" is derived from the Old English for "young man's farm".[citation needed] The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Ciltone.[2] It evolved via the forms Chiltone in the 12th century and Schelton in the 18th century before reaching its present form.[2]

Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington.[2] However, the Domesday Book records that by 1086 the Norman baron Walter Giffard held the two manors.[2]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin was originally a 12th century Norman building but few details survive from that period.[2] The chancel and south transept are 13th century, the Decorated Gothic tower forms the north transept[3] and is mid-14th century.[2] The nave,[4] chancel arch and chancel roof were renewed in the 15th century.[2] The Perpendicular Gothic south chapel was added in about 1520.[2]

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