Denham, Buckinghamshire

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Denham is a village and civil parish in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is four miles north west of Uxbridge and about four miles north of junction 1 of the M40 motorway. Denham contains the Buckinghamshire Golf Club. OriginThe village name is derived from the Old English for "homestead in a valley". It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Deneham. BuildingsThe Church of England parish church of Saint Mary has a flint and stone Norman tower and Tudor monuments. The tree-lined Village Road includes several old red brick houses with mature Wisteria on them, and has been used as a location in British films and television. Southlands Manor is a Grade II listed building. Its entry on the English Heritage website states that it was built in the 16th century, with a variety of later changes including the addition of four chimney stacks in the early 17th-century. Analysis of a sample of timbers from the main building and its associated barn have found that they were felled in the winters of 1472 /3 and 1473 /4, indicating that the relevant parts of the building were erected in 1474 or soon after.

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Denham is a village and civil parish in the South Bucks district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is four miles north west of Uxbridge and about four miles north of junction 1 of the M40 motorway. Denham contains the Buckinghamshire Golf Club. OriginThe village name is derived from the Old English for "homestead in a valley". It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Deneham. BuildingsThe Church of England parish church of Saint Mary has a flint and stone Norman tower and Tudor monuments. The tree-lined Village Road includes several old red brick houses with mature Wisteria on them, and has been used as a location in British films and television. Southlands Manor is a Grade II listed building. Its entry on the English Heritage website states that it was built in the 16th century, with a variety of later changes including the addition of four chimney stacks in the early 17th-century. Analysis of a sample of timbers from the main building and its associated barn have found that they were felled in the winters of 1472 /3 and 1473 /4, indicating that the relevant parts of the building were erected in 1474 or soon after.

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