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{{Short description|Hamlet in Buckinghamshire, England}} |
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[[File:Barns near Wormstone with Waddesdon Manor on sky line - geograph.org.uk - 88240.jpg|thumb|right|Barns near Wormstone with Waddesdon Manor on sky line]] |
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| ⚫ | '''Wormstone''' (also '''Warmstone''') is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[parish]] of [[Waddesdon]], in [[Buckinghamshire]], England.<ref name=OS165>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 165 ''Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard (Thame & Berkhamsted)''|ISBN= 9780319229163 |publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2012}}</ref> It is located just south-south east of the main village. |
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In the 13th and 14th centuries, the hamlet was one fifth of the fiefdom of Wallingford.<ref name="BH">{{cite book|editor1-last=Page|editor1-first=William|title=A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4|date=1927|publisher=[[British History Online]]|location=London|pages=107–118|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp107-118|access-date=11 August 2017|language=en|chapter=Parishes : Waddesdon with Westcott and Woodham}}</ref> |
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{{Aylesbury Vale}} |
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[[Category:Hamlets in Buckinghamshire]] |
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'''Wormstone''' at Down House, Home of Charles Darwin |
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The Darwins set a millstone onto his lawn, with a special instrument to measure how far the stone sank each year, owing to the action of |
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earthworms in the soil. A ‘wormstone’ can still be seen. [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/down-house-information-for-teachers/downhouse20050222124748.pdf DOWN HOUSE - INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS] |
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Latest revision as of 10:06, 9 October 2024
Wormstone (also Warmstone) is a hamlet in the parish of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England.[1] It is located just south-south east of the main village.
In the 13th and 14th centuries, the hamlet was one fifth of the fiefdom of Wallingford.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 165 Aylesbury & Leighton Buzzard (Thame & Berkhamsted) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229163.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Waddesdon with Westcott and Woodham". A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4. London: British History Online. pp. 107–118. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
51°50′28″N 0°54′47″W / 51.841°N 0.913°W
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