| Buckingham | |
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.jpg) Buckingham Town Hall | |
  Buckingham Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 12,890 {2011 Census}[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP695335 |
| • London | 55 miles (89 km) SE |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BUCKINGHAM |
| Postcode district | MK18 |
| Dialling code | 01280 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Buckingham Town Council |
Buckingham (/ˈbʌkɪŋ(h)əm/ BUK-ing-(h)əm) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census. The town lies approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Central Milton Keynes, 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Banbury, and 24 miles (39 km) north-east of Oxford.
Buckingham was the county town of Buckinghamshire from the 10th century, when it was made the capital of the newly formed shire of Buckingham,[2] until Aylesbury took over this role in the 18th century.[3]
Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a market town. It has a number of local shops, both national and independent. Market days are Tuesday and Saturday which take over Market Hill and the High Street cattle pens. Buckingham is twinned with Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany and Mouvaux, France.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Buckingham (built up area) (E34000850)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "The borough of Buckingham". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 3. Constable & Co. Ltd. 1925. pp. 471–489.
- ^ "The borough of Aylesbury: Introduction and borough". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 3. Constable & Co. Ltd. 1925. pp. 1–11.
A new County Hall, a red brick building with stone dressings, said to have been designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, at the south-east end of the Market Square [Aylesbury], was built about 1727