Whaddon, Buckinghamshire

"For other villages with the same name, see Whaddon."infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.000
longitude= -0.828
population=429 [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792106&c=Whaddon&d=16&e=15&g=424222&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216765821717&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 census] ]
official_name= Whaddon
unitary_england= Aylesbury Vale
lieutenancy_england=Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= Buckingham
post_town= MILTON KEYNES
postcode_district = MK17
postcode_area= MK
dial_code= 01908
os_grid_reference= SP805340

Whaddon is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district, in Buckinghamshire.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'hill where wheat is grown'. The village is referred to several times in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle generally in the form of "Hwætædun".

The village is at the centre of the ancient Whaddon Chase, the site for many centuries of royal hunting lands. Whaddon Chase is designated an area of 'Special Landscape Interest'.

Whaddon Church of England School is a mixed Church of England primary school. It is a voluntary controlled school, which takes children from the age of four through to the age of eight. The school has approximately 50 pupils.

Whaddon Hall, (the village manor) was once home to the Selby-Lowndes family, whose ancestor William Lowndes built the larger and grander Winslow Hall. Both mansions are still a private houses. During World War II Whaddon Hall served as headquarters of Section VII of MI6, under the command of Brigadier Gamber Perry. In February 1940, the "Station X" wireless interception function was transferred here from Bletchley Park. [cite book |last= Pidgeon |first= Geoffrey |title= Station X - The Secret Wireless War |origdate= 2003 |publisher= Universal Publishing Solutions Online Ltd |isbn= 978-1843752523]

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