Barton Hartshorn
Bertone: Arnulf de Hesdin from Bishop of Bayeux. |
Tudor manor house.
Beachampton
Bec(h)entone: Hugh from Walter Giffard; Leofwin of Nuneham from the king and from Roger d'Ivry. |
Beachampton Hall manor house; The Grange, a timber-framed farmhouse.
Beachendon
Bichedone: Bishop of Bayeux; Miles Crispin. |
Beachendon Farm.
Bedgrove
Begraue: Roger from Bishop of Bayeux. |
Bedgrove Farm.
Biddlesden
Bech(t)esdene: King's land; Count of Mortain. 2 mills. |
A large 18th century house stands on the site of a Cistercian abbey.
Bierton
Bortone: Roger from Bishop of Bayeux. |
Absorbed by Aylesbury.
Bledlow
Bledlai: Count of Mortain. Mill. |
Built round a ravine of the River Lyde.
Bourton
Bo(u)rtune: King's land (assessed in Buckingham); Hugh from Walter Giffard. 2 mills. |
On the outskirts of Buckingham.
Boveney
Boueni(a)e: Reinbald the Priest, the pre-Conquest holder, from the king; Gerard from Giles brother of Ansculf. |
Ancient disused church near Boveney Court, a 15th century timber-framed house.
Bow Brickhill
Brichelle: Robert from Bishop of Lisieux; Ralph and Robert from Walter Giffard. Mill. |
Picturesque. It climbs the steep slope of a wooded hill crowned by Danesborough hill fort.
Boycott
Boycott Manor.
Bradenham
Bradeham: Swarting and Harding from the king. |
The childhood home of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), now owned by the National Trust.
Bradwell
Bradew(uu)elle: Walter Hacket from Walter Giffard; William de Feugeres from William FitzAnsculf (who, as sheriff, wrongfully dispossessed William Cholsey). |
Remains of a 12th century Benedictine priory; earthworks of a motte and bailey castle.
Brill
Hilltop; clay-working centre for 600 years; 17th century postmill; mineral spring.
Brook
Lost. Remembered only in the name of Brook's Copse.
Broughton (near Aylesbury)
Brotone: William de Warenne. |
Broughton Manor Farm; traces of an ancient moat.
Broughton (near Moulsoe)
Brotone: Hugh from Walter Giffard; Morcar, the pre-Conquest holder, from Countess Judith. Mill. |
Medieval wall paintings in church; manor farm with charming timber-framed buildings.
Buckingham
Bochingheham: with Bortune 1 hide TRE, now the same. Land for 8 ploughs; in lordship 2. 26 burgesses, 11 smallholders, 2 slaves. Mill, pasture. Value £10 TRE; now pays £16 in white silver. Bishop Remigius [Bishop of Lincoln] holds the church. Bishop Wulfwy held it from King Edward.Bishop of Coutances has 3 burgesses. Earl Hugh has 1 burgess, Burghard of Shenley's man. Robert d'Oilly has 1 burgess, Azor son of Toti's man. Roger d'Ivry has 4 burgesses, all Azor's men. Hugh de Bolbec has 4 burgesses, Alfric's men. Mainou le Breton has 4 burgesses, men of Edeva, wife of Sired. Hascoit Musard has 1 burgess, Azor son of Toti's man. Arnulf de Hesdin has 1 burgess, Wiglaf's man. William de Castellion has 2 burgesses, Earl Leofwin's men. Earl Aubrey has 1 burgess. Leofwin of Nuneham has 5 burgesses. |
Buckland
Bochelande: Walter from Bishop of Lincoln. |
Tree-shaded.
Burnham
Burneham: Walter FitzOthere. |
Engulfed by Slough suburbs; site of a 12th century Augustinian abbey which was restored by nuns as a convent in 1916.
Burston
Bricstoch: Alan from Count of Mortain; Thurstan from Walter Giffard; William from Miles Crispin. |
The farms of Upper and Lower Burston recall the Domesday village name.