19 Facts About Buckingham

Buckingham has a variety of restaurants and pubs, typical of a market town.

Between the 7th century and the 11th century, the town of Buckingham regularly changed hands between the Saxons and the Danes, in particular, in 914 King Edward the Elder and a Saxon army encamped in Buckingham for four weeks forcing local Danish Viking leaders to surrender.

Buckingham was referred to as Buckingham with Bourton, and the survey makes reference to 26 burgesses, 11 smallholders and 1 mill.

Buckingham was apparently born at King's Sutton, Northants, where he died just three days later.

Buckingham is most often referred to as St Rumbold, the latter being the most common, as it can be found being used on a local road name and recent booklets about the subject.

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Suburbs of Buckingham include Mount Pleasant, Page Hill, Bourton, Badgers, Linden Village, Castle Fields and Lace Hill.

Buckingham was home to the Thomas Rickett steam car, an innovative vehicle from 1860, though considered ahead of its time and only two are thought to have been made.

Buckingham'storically, Buckingham was an ancient borough, and it became a municipal borough in 1836.

Buckingham stands at the crossroads of the A413, A421 and A422 roads.

Buckingham is linked to Milton Keynes, Winslow and Aylesbury by the regular X60 bus.

Some surrounding villages are connected to Buckingham by a market day bus and there is a community bus scheme called Bart.

Buckingham was served by the Buckingham Arm of the Grand Junction Canal from 1801 until the end of the 19th century.

Buckingham had a railway station on the Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line, which opened in 1850 and closed to passengers in 1964 and freight in 1966.

The closest stations to Buckingham are now Wolverton and Milton Keynes Central to the east and Bicester North and Bicester Village to the south west.

Nearby to Buckingham include Stowe School, Stowe Landscape Gardens and Silverstone Circuit.

Buckingham has a number of hotels including the Villiers Hotel and White Hart in the town centre, and Best Western Buckingham Hotel and Travelodge on the outskirts.

Buckingham is served by one GP surgery and a community hospital.

Buckingham has been twinned with Joinville, in France, since 1963.

In 2020, Buckingham formalised its links with the German town of Neukirchen-Vluyn, Mouvaux's twin town in Germany, and the three towns became officially twinned.