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Welcome to Buckinghamshire, whose county town is not Buckingham as you might expect, however instead surprisingly, Aylesbury! The name Buckinghamshire is Anglo-Saxon in beginning and also indicates 'the district of Bucca's home', Bucca being an Anglo-Saxon landowner. Today Buckinghamshire is prominent with travelers due to its closeness to London.

The town of Aylesbury has very early beginnings; the very first considerable population go back to the Bronze Age, and excavations have actually also disclosed traces of an Iron Age hill ft. Nevertheless, it was not up until the arrival of the Anglo Saxons in 571 AD that Aylesbury was offered its name (initially this was probably Aiglerburgh). The name itself has actually been meant in numerous various ways over the years; in the 'History of Aylesbury' by Robert Gibbs a total of 57 variations are listed!

The first market happened in the 13th Century and the market, although currently reduced in size, continues to be the focal point of the town to today. During the Middle Ages Aylesbury additionally had 2 fairs every year, which was essential events attracting individuals from around Buckinghamshire to buy and sell their wares.

Throughout the 17th and 18th Centuries the standard home sectors were bone shoelace making and duck rearing, mainly embarked on by an influx of poorer residents currently. Throughout the 19th Century Aylesbury attained widespread fame as the source of Aylesbury Duck, as well as site visitors gathered to acquire the special from local investors.

Nevertheless, a variety of considerable events throughout the 19th Century began to gradually however definitely transform the personality of the town. Throughout the 1820s the canal opened up, and afterwards in 1839 Aylesbury obtained its very own branch line of the primary London as well as Birmingham train. Small businesses began to thrive, and also from 1850 onwards larger markets started to create.

By the 1950s as well as 60s waves of housing as well as office development produced a huge rise in population. Whilst considerable areas of the old town surrounding the marketplace Place were knocked down with redevelopment in the 1960s, much of historic interest survives, especially in the fascinating streets bordering the Parish Church of St Mary. The closure of the Cattle Market during the 1980s as well as the advancement of big contemporary workplace obstructs reflects Aylesbury's dramatic change into a large, readily dynamic town.

Did you recognize that the TELEVISION series "Midsomer Murders" is filmed (stabbed, drowned, poisoned and bludgeoned) in and around Aylesbury? While John Nettles is the ostensible celebrity of the collection which has actually generated more corpses than a scriptural plague, the Chilterns and Vale of Aylesbury villages that supply its picturesque areas have actually won a plethora of admirers of their very own around the world, lots of fans now making Midsomer Murders trips.