Grendon Underwood
Coordinates: 51°53′00″N 1°01′02″W / 51.8832°N 1.0173°W
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 St. Leonard's parish church |
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 Grendon Underwood
Grendon Underwood shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| Population | 1,541 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SP685205 |
| District | Aylesbury Vale |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Aylesbury |
| Postcode district | HP18 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Buckingham |
| Website | Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Grendon Underwood is a village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the west of the county, close to the boundary with Oxfordshire and near the Roman road Akeman Street.
The toponym is derived from the Old English for 'green hill near a wood', though the 'Underwood' part of the name was only added in the medieval period to differentiate the village from nearby Long Crendon and to signify the village's position near the Bernwood Forest. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Grennedone.
The manor of Grendon anciently belonged to the St Amand family. Almeric de St Amand of this family was one of the godfathers of King Edward I, who was baptised in 1239.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Leonard dates from the 12th or early 13th century. The village has a public house, The Swan.[2] Grendon Underwood Combined School[3] is a community school with about 280 pupils. The village has a village shop and The Grendon Garage.
Grendon Underwood has two prisons. The B-Category prison Grendon is the UK's only therapeutic community for the treatment of serious offenders. Spring Hill is a and the D-Category open prison.
Grendon Underwood Junction was the point at Greatmoor, just east of Grendon Underwood village, at which the Alternative Route of the London Extension of the Great Central Railway left the original main line. This was a little north of the point where the main line joined the previous Metropolitan Railway's line from Verney Junction to Aylesbury, and thence to London. The latter junction no longer exists, as the line to Verney Junction has been closed and dismantled.
During the Second World War Grendon Hall was Station 53a of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
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