In 1315 a Royal charter was granted to hold a market in the village, and a fair on St Bartholomew's Day (24 August) every year. St Thomas Cantilupe, the Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Hereford, was born in Hambleden in 1218. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hanbledene, though previously in 1015 it was known as Hamelan dene. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'crooked or irregularly-shaped hill'. The civil parish also includes the villages of Fingest and Frieth, and the hamlets of Colstrope, Mill End, Moor End, Parmoor, Pheasant's Hill and Skirmett. It is about four miles west of Marlow, and about three miles north east of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Hambleden is a small village and civil parish within Wycombe district in the south of Buckinghamshire, England. The church was used in Agatha Christie's Poirot's episode Sad Cypress. The 2010 film Nanny McPhee Returns also used parts of the village in some of their scenes. It was an Easter programme by Thames Television and also featured a group of school children from Hambleden C of E School. In 1979 Hambleden church was the setting for a programme featuring Harry Secombe called "Cross on the Donkey's Back". Other properties have facades that are more in keeping with a traditional country village. There is only one Shop/Post Office in the centre of the village. Also, the Tim Burton film Sleepy Hollow, starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, included a month-long location shoot at Lime Tree Valley, in Hambleden. Hambleden was also used in the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers to depict Easy Company's training in England. The village has often been used as a location for films, such as The Captive Heart (1950), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Witches, The Legacy, Dance with a Stranger and the opening scenes of the remake of The Avengers starring Ralph Fiennes and also some scenes in 101 Dalmatians. I would be most grateful if you would refrain from inserting images and/or group invites thank you!
To view more of my images, taken at Hambleden, please click Stonewall Cottages in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, England!
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