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Chinnor is a large village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 situated on the Icknield Way
Icknield Way

The Icknield Way is a long distance footpath in East Anglia. The Icknield Way is part of four long distance footpaths which, when combined, run from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Hunstanton, Norfolk and are referred to as the Greater Ridgeway....
 and the Chiltern
Chiltern Hills

The Chiltern Hills are a chalk escarpment in southeast England. They are known locally as "the Chilterns". A large portion of the hills was designated officially as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1965....
 escarpment, in South Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....
. Approximately four miles south of Thame
Thame

Thame is a town in Oxfordshire about southwest of Aylesbury. It derives its Toponymy from the River Thame which flows past the north side of the town....
, it was formerly home to a cement
Cement

In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together....
 works and artisan
Artisan

An artisan is a skilled manual labor worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative, including furniture, clothing, jewelry, household items, and tools....
s supporting High Wycombe
High Wycombe

High Wycombe , is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west-north-west of central London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town....
's furniture
Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects which may support the human body , provide storage, or hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground....
 making industry, but is primarily a dormitory for Thame, Wycombe, Aylesbury
Aylesbury

See also: Aylesbury Urban AreaAylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south east England. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 the Aylesbury Urban Area, which includes Bierton, Fairford Leys, Stoke Mandeville and Watermead, Buckinghamshire, had a population of 69,021, which included 56,392 for the Aylesbury civil parish....
 and London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in the 21st century. Dating back to Saxon
Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
 times, as Ceonna, Chennore, and then Chynor, the village has a good mix of old and new buildings.






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Chinnor is a large village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 situated on the Icknield Way
Icknield Way

The Icknield Way is a long distance footpath in East Anglia. The Icknield Way is part of four long distance footpaths which, when combined, run from Lyme Regis, Dorset to Hunstanton, Norfolk and are referred to as the Greater Ridgeway....
 and the Chiltern
Chiltern Hills

The Chiltern Hills are a chalk escarpment in southeast England. They are known locally as "the Chilterns". A large portion of the hills was designated officially as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1965....
 escarpment, in South Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East England region, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire....
. Approximately four miles south of Thame
Thame

Thame is a town in Oxfordshire about southwest of Aylesbury. It derives its Toponymy from the River Thame which flows past the north side of the town....
, it was formerly home to a cement
Cement

In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together....
 works and artisan
Artisan

An artisan is a skilled manual labor worker who crafts items that may be functional or strictly decorative, including furniture, clothing, jewelry, household items, and tools....
s supporting High Wycombe
High Wycombe

High Wycombe , is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west-north-west of central London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town....
's furniture
Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects which may support the human body , provide storage, or hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground....
 making industry, but is primarily a dormitory for Thame, Wycombe, Aylesbury
Aylesbury

See also: Aylesbury Urban AreaAylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south east England. In the United Kingdom Census 2001 the Aylesbury Urban Area, which includes Bierton, Fairford Leys, Stoke Mandeville and Watermead, Buckinghamshire, had a population of 69,021, which included 56,392 for the Aylesbury civil parish....
 and London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in the 21st century. Dating back to Saxon
Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
 times, as Ceonna, Chennore, and then Chynor, the village has a good mix of old and new buildings. It grew fastest in the 1960s - from a 1950 population of 1,961 to 4,471 in 1971. Chinnor was then situated largely around the main 'square' of Station Road, Lower Road, High Street, and Church Road (actually rectangular). The hamlet
Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural Human settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community....
 of Oakley to the southwest was subsumed into the village around this time, when building along Oakley Road and the Mill Lane estate more than doubled the physical size of the village. Today the population is around 7,300, though the 2001 census
United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom....
 records details on only 6,850.

Chinnor played a small part in the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
 and many of the village's ghost stories and historical anecdotes date from this time. A number of Civil War-era buildings still survive today. More recently, Chinnor was the birthplace of U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 rock musician Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton

Adam Charles Clayton , is the Bass guitar of the rock music band U2. Clayton has resided in County Dublin since the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old in 1965....
.

Chinnor is home to a 1789 post mill that was dismantled in 1965, and which is currently being rebuilt by the Chinnor Windmill Restoration Society, at the west side of the village, off Whites Field. It is unusual, in that it has 3 crosstrees, and 6 quarterbars.

The village has two primary schools - St Andrew's Church of England, and Mill Lane County Primary - but no secondary school. Teenage children are bussed to Thame and Watlington
Watlington, Oxfordshire

Watlington is a market town and civil parish in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It has just under 3,000 inhabitants. Watlington is located in the Chiltern Hills approximately halfway between Oxford and Reading, Berkshire....
 for secondary education, and Henley
Henley-on-Thames

Henley-on-Thames is a town on the north side of the River Thames in south Oxfordshire, England, about 10 miles downstream and north-east from Reading, Berkshire, 10 miles upstream and west from Maidenhead, England....
 or Thame for sixth form and further education.

The local MP for Chinnor is John Howell
John Howell (politician)

John Michael Howell Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom politician and the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Henley , having won the seat with an increased share of the vote in a Henley by-election, 2008....
 (Conservative).

Transport


The original railway from Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough is a town and civil parish within the Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England, about 9 miles south of Aylesbury and 9 miles north west of High Wycombe....
 that ran through Chinnor to Watlington
Watlington, Oxfordshire

Watlington is a market town and civil parish in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It has just under 3,000 inhabitants. Watlington is located in the Chiltern Hills approximately halfway between Oxford and Reading, Berkshire....
 was closed
List of closed railway stations in Britain

The list of closed railway stations in Britain includes the following. Year of closure is given if known. Stations reopened as Heritage railways continue to be included in this list and some have been linked....
 to passengers in 1957, but the section from Princes Risborough to Chinnor was used to supply Chinnor cement works until the late 1980s.

Chinnor is at one end of the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway heritage railway
Heritage railway

A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a term used for a railway which is run as a tourist attraction, is usually but not always run by volunteers, and seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past....
 line. Steam locomotives are run on some weekends and bank holidays.

There are direct bus connections to Thame
Thame

Thame is a town in Oxfordshire about southwest of Aylesbury. It derives its Toponymy from the River Thame which flows past the north side of the town....
, High Wycombe
High Wycombe

High Wycombe , is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west-north-west of central London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town....
, and to Princes Risborough
Princes Risborough

Princes Risborough is a town and civil parish within the Wycombe district in Buckinghamshire, England, about 9 miles south of Aylesbury and 9 miles north west of High Wycombe....
 railway station on the Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom in England. It was formed by the privatisation of British Rail in 1996, and operates mainline passenger trains from Marylebone station in London to Aylesbury railway station and Birmingham Snow Hill station....
 line.

Churches

Chinnor has three churches: St Andrew's Church, Chinnor Methodist Church, and Chinnor Congregational Church.

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