Summary
. AYLESBURY CRESCENT TOWARDS the northern end of Whitleigh we find Aylesbury Crescent, named after the county town of Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, although it hasn't always had that distinction. In 888 Alfred the Great declared that Buckinham - originally named after the meadow of Bucca's people - should be the county town and so it remained until 1529 when Henry VIII decreed that Aylesbury should have that honour - it was thought to have something to do with Aylesbury Manor being in the hands of Anne Boleyn's father and Henry wanting to curry favour.
Certainly Aylesbury has proven to be a worthy choice in many respects: with a population of over 56,000 it is five times bigger than Buckingham. It is also every bit as ancient. Excavations suggest that the centre of the town is on the site of an Iron Age hillfort dating from 650 BC and it was an important market town long before the Conquest. The name, incidentally, comes from Aegel's burg, the fort or the fortified place belonging to the Saxon Aegel.See the full content of this document
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