Aylesbury - Administration

Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south central England. It has a population in the 2001 census of 65,173 and is part of the London commuter belt. Aylesbury - History. The town name is Anglo-Saxon though excavations in the town centre in the early 1990s found an Iron Age hillfort dating from around 650BC. The town is sited on an outcrop of Portlandian limestone which accounts for its prominent position in the surrounding landscape, which is largely clay. Aylesbury was ...

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Aylesbury Town Council is the parish council for the town. In 2005, it comprised 23 councillors of which all 23 are members of the Liberal Democrat political party. The council represents the constituents only of Aylesbury town itself. Surrounding villages have their own parish councils. The Town Council are in a process of discussions to take over responsibility for some public services from Aylesbury Vale District Council. ...

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The town name is Anglo-Saxon though excavations in the town centre in the early 1990s found an Iron Age hillfort dating from around 650BC. The town is sited on an outcrop of Portlandian limestone which accounts for its prominent position in the surrounding landscape, which is largely clay. Aylesbury was a major market town in Anglo-Saxon times, famous in addition as the burial place of Saint Osyth, whose shrine attracted pilgrims. The Early English parish church of St. Mary (with many later additions) is built over remains of the Saxon crypt. At the Conquest, the king took the manor of Aylesbury for himself, and it is listed as a ro ...

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The town's population has doubled since the 1960s due to new housing developments, and is now a highly prosperous town. Aylesbury's population was expected to increase between 2003 and 2005 with a new housing estate designed to cater for 8000 people on the north side of the town, sandwiched between the A41 (Akeman Street) and the A413, and the expansion of Fairford Leys village. Housing estates in the modern Aylesbury include: Bedgrove, Broughton, Elm Farm, Elmhurst, Fairford Leys, Haydon Hill, Meadowcroft, Prebendal Farm, Quarrendon, Southcourt, Stoke Grange, Walton Court and Waterm ...

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Traditionally the town was a commercial centre with a market dating back to the Saxon period. This is because it was established on the main Akeman Street which became an established trade route linking London to the southwest. In 1180 a gaol was established in the town (it is still there though has moved locations two or three times) which only really happened in main towns across the country. By 1477 flour was being ground in the town for surrounding parishes. By the modern period this had grown into a huge established industry: the ...

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