Wexham
| Wexham | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's parish church | |
  Wexham Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Area | 11.19 km2 (4.32 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,378 (2011 census)[1] |
| • Density | 213/km2 (550/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU9983 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Slough |
| Postcode district | SL3 |
| Dialling code | 01753 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Wexham is a civil parish in Buckinghamshire in southern England. The parish includes part of the forest of Burnham Beeches. The separate parish of Wexham Court was created in 1974 from parts of the old Wexham parish that were transferred to the Borough of Slough in Berkshire. Wexham Park Hospital is a large hospital within the Wexham Court parish.
History
[edit]The parish of Wexham originally covered a relatively small 748 acres (3.0 km2) (1.2 square miles) according to the 1881 and 1891 censuses. It was almost doubled in 1934 by taking in 1,823 acres (7.38 km2) and about 1,000 people from the dissolved Langley Marish parish, a very long strip parish part of which was taken in by Gerrards Cross almost four miles to the north.
Wexham civil parish was split into two parishes in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. A new parish called Wexham Court was created from the southern part of the old parish, which was placed in the Borough of Slough and transferred to Berkshire. The reduced Wexham parish to the north remained in Buckinghamshire.[2]
Wexham Court has a parish council with 11 members. It and some additional unparished territory formed the current (adjustable) three-member Slough Borough Council ward of Wexham Lea.
In 2018 the parish of Wexham Court, and neighbouring Britwell were scheduled for abolition in April 2019, but after an appeal by the parish councils and a judicial review the order was quashed and the parishes remain unchanged.[3][4]
The civil parish of Wexham includes in order of number of inhabitants: George Green, Middlegreen, and Wexham Street. It has protected green spaces comprising woodland, Langley Park and Black Park Country Park.
The village has a 12th-century parish church and the 16th century Wexham Court.
Demography
[edit]| Output area | Homes owned outright | Owned with a loan | Socially rented | Privately rented | Other | km² roads | km² water | km² domestic gardens | km² domestic buildings | km² non-domestic buildings | Usual residents | km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil parish | 453 | 307 | 94 | 73 | 9 | 0.247 | 0.205 | 0.508 | 0.084 | 0.048 | 2378 | 11.19 |
Education
[edit]The parish relies for its education on neighbouring villages with greater populations, save that the Japanese international boarding school Teikyo School United Kingdom is in Wexham.[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005
- ^ OpenStreetMap: Wexham Court CP
- ^ "The Slough Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Community Governance Review 2018, Judicial review". Slough Borough Council.
- ^ "Head's Welcome." (Archive) Teikyo School United Kingdom. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Framewood Road, Wexham, Buckinghamshire SL2 4QS UK"
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