High Wycombe, often referred to as Wycombe, is a market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
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17 Facts About High Wycombe
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High Wycombe appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 and was noted for having six mills.
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High Wycombe remained a mill town through Medieval and Tudor times, manufacturing lace and linen cloth.
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High Wycombe Museum includes many examples of locally made chairs and information on the local furniture and lace industries.
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High Wycombe was completely dominated socially and economically by the furniture industry.
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High Wycombe is home to the largest population of Vincentians in the United Kingdom.
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The High Wycombe Constituency has continuously elected Conservative Members of Parliament since 1951.
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High Wycombe was in the constituency represented by John Hampden, a leading MP and Parliamentarian commander who was killed in action during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
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High Wycombe was chairman of the eurosceptic European Research Group and was a junior minister in the Department for Exiting the European Union from 2017 to 2018.
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Since 2020, there has only been one tier of local government covering High Wycombe, being the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire Council.
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From 1974 to 2020, High Wycombe formed part of Wycombe District, with its council being based at the former borough council's Municipal Offices on Queen Victoria Road.
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High Wycombe is home to the main campus of Buckinghamshire New University.
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High Wycombe is served by one of Buckinghamshire's Rainbow Routes network of services.
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The High Wycombe Street has a number of 18th and 19th century buildings, and ends at the colonnaded Guildhall that was built in 1757 by Henry Keene, funded by the Earl of Shelburne, and renovated in 1859.
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The stone structure is one of the very oldest in High Wycombe, and is said to contain stone used from the Roman villa on the Rye.
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High Wycombe was once renowned for chairmaking and furniture design remains an important element of the town's university curriculum, Buckinghamshire New University.
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High Wycombe is sometimes portrayed as a rather dull town where nothing much happens, as in this exchange between Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams in Round the Horne:.
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