Tingewick

Tingewick is a village and civil parish about 2.5mi west of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is bounded to the north by the River Great Ouse, to the east by a tributary of the Great Ouse, to the west by the county boundary with Oxfordshire and to the south by field boundaries.The village was formerly on the A421 but from 1998 has been bypassed by a dual carriageway.The parish comprises about 2300acre of mainly arable farmland and pasture with some woodland. Part of the village is a Conservation Area and a number of the 450 dwellings are listed buildings.HistoryThe remains of a Roman villa provide evidence of early habitation in the parish. It is about 440yd northeast of the village, about 200yd from the river and lies east of Tingewick Mill. The villa was partly excavated in 1860-62.The toponym is derived from the Old English for "Teoda's dwelling". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Tedinwiche.The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene is the Norman 12th century nave. The three-bay north aisle was added in about 1200. The Perpendicular gothic chancel and bell-tower were added late in the 15th century. The north aisle was altered in the 17th century, the south aisle was added in 1830 and the south porch in 1867.