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7 unusual facts about Aylesbury


Charles Grimes

Grimes was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, son of Joseph Grimes, a laceman, and his wife Esther.

Dennis K. Stanley

Dennis Stanley was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England on Easter Sunday 1906, the youngest of seven children.

DW Sports Fitness

Since the 2009 acquisition and the renaming of JJB Fitness Clubs as DW Fitness Clubs several new gymnasium and leisure facilities have been opened in locations such as; Poole, Liverpool Hunts Cross, Sunderland, Ipswich, Blackpool, Aylesbury and Lincoln.

Jacqueline Beer

Since his death in 2002, she has remained active in the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre in Aylesbury, UK, and is Chair of the Board of Directors.

Pete Trewavas

Although he was born in Middlesbrough, Trewavas spent much of his childhood in the Buckinghamshire town of Aylesbury.

Raphaels Bank

The bank is sited in London and at Walton Lodge, in Walton, Aylesbury a grade II listed building, part of Walton Terrace.

Simon Harsent

He first studied photography at the Grange Secondary School in Aylesbury.


2009 UK Open

32 players were due to have qualified from four Holsten Pils qualifiers held in Aylesbury, Batley, Birmingham and Salford.

Advanced Business Solutions

The organisation operates from 10 UK locations in Cobham, Aberdeen, Aylesbury, Bridgwater, Gateshead, Harpenden, Huntingdon, Northampton, Manchester and also maintain offices in Boston, MA

Anthony Borg Barthet

Following spinal injury in 1960 – disabled left leg – Stoke Mandeville Hospital – Rehabilitation Centre – Aylesbury, England.

Aylesbury College

In September 2013 Buckinghamshire University Technical College will open in a new building at the Aylesbury College campus.

Aylesbury College has ties with local establishments, Quarrendon School, John Colet School, The Grange School and Cottesloe School.

Aylesbury Vale

At Aylesbury there are connecting services to Princes Risborough station.

For its size, the district contains relatively few railway stations; most of its stations are in the very south of the district along the London to Aylesbury Line- the major station being Aylesbury.

Buckinghamshire Family History Society

Local members of the society meet every month in three locations across the county, in Bletchley, in Aylesbury and in Bourne End.

Cheddington to Aylesbury Line

Until the late 19th century, the line was heavily used for the transportation of the famous Aylesbury duck from Aylesbury to London markets.

Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways operates services on the Chiltern Main Line from London Marylebone to Aylesbury, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill with some peak-hour services to Kidderminster.

Clerkenwell Priory

In 1623 Joseph Hall, later Bishop of Exeter and Norwich, reopened the repaired choir and, in Charles I's reign, the Earl of Elgin turned the church into the Aylesbury Chapel, as his private chapel.

Jo Coburn

She has worked for a number of local radio stations in the Thames Valley, including Mix 96 Aylesbury, Fox FM Oxford, and Star FM in Slough.

Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line

The Princes Risborough to Aylesbury Line is a rural branch line from Princes Risborough to Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England.

Ragavendra R Baliga

He then migrated to the UK in 1988 and worked with Prof Hans Frankel, FRCP and Prof Christopher J Mathias, FRCP at the National Spinal Injuries Center affiliated with Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Oxford Regional Health Authority and St. Mary’s Medical School, Paddington, London.

Ralph Verney

Sir Ralph Verney, 1st Baronet, of Middle Claydon (1613–1696), English MP for Aylesbury and for Buckingham

Richard Bethell

Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800–1873), British judge and Liberal politician, Lord Chancellor 1861–1865, MP for Aylesbury 1851–1859, for Wolverhampton 1859–1861

River Thame

Aylesbury played an important role in the English Civil War when John Hampden (the town's Member of Parliament) defended Aylesbury at the Battle of Holman's Bridge, which crosses the Thame to the north of Aylesbury, in 1642.

Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet

Sir John Pakington, 1st Baronet (1600–1624) was an English baronet and M.P. for Aylesbury in 1623–16234.

Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet

These included the only manuscript of the Ormulum, which from internal evidence belonged to Aylesbury before it passed to Jan van Vliet.

From Westminster School Aylesbury passed in 1598 to Christ Church, Oxford, where he took the degrees of B.A. and M.A. in 1602 and 1605 respectively.

Warner gave an account towards the end of his life to John Pell of how with Hariot they had carried out experiments on Snell's law at Aylesbury's house.

Swan Shopping Centre

In 1731, Nicholas Rothwell of Warwick established a coach business which transported people from the inn to London via Warwick, Aylesbury and Banbury.

The Johnson Gang

Notable thefts include Waddesdon Manor on 10 June 2003, a National Trust property and former Rothschild family residence near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

Vernon Scannell

The family, always poor, moved frequently: Ballaghaderreen in Ireland, Beeston, Eccles, before settling in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where his father, who had fought in the First World War, developed a reputation as a good portrait photographer and the family's severe financial difficulties began to ease.

William Aylesbury

On the fall of Charles I, Aylesbury sought refuge with his father, first at Amsterdam, and afterwards at Antwerp; and he took under his protection his sister, Lady Hyde.


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