Twyford, Buckinghamshire

"For other places of the same name, see Twyford."infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.9315
longitude= -1.0354
civil_parish=Twyford
population= 542 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792097&c=twyford&d=16&e=15&g=424322&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216758999981&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census] ]
official_name= Twyford
shire_district= Aylesbury Vale
shire_county = Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
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static_image_caption =
constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= BUCKINGHAM
postcode_district = MK18
postcode_area= MK
dial_code= 01296
os_grid_reference= SP663262

Twyford is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about two miles west of Steeple Claydon, four miles north east of Bicester in Oxfordshire.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'double ford'. It is a common name in England. The village has one public house called 'The Crown', a shop and Post Office called 'Grange Stores', a school, a C of E Church and a URC Chapel. Alongside the shop is a Chinese, Thai & English Takeaway called "Lucky Star".

Twyford Church of England School is a mixed, voluntary controlled primary school, which has approximately 60 pupils from the age of four through to the age of nine.

The village has in the past had three public houses, but 'The Red Lion' and 'The Seven Stars' were both closed and converted in the past 15 years. The school once taught as few as 25 students, but has since recovered to its highest class numbers ever, at just over 60.

References

External links

* [http://www.twyford-bucks-pc.gov.uk Twyford Parish Council website]