Watlington is a market town and civil parish about 7 miles south of Thame in Oxfordshire, near the county's eastern edge and less than 2 miles from its border with Buckinghamshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Christmas Common, Greenfield and Howe Hill, all of which are in the Chiltern Hills. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,727.
The Watlington area is likely to have been settled at an early date, encouraged by the proximity of the Icknield Way. The toponym means "settlement of Waecel's people" and indicates occupation from around the 6th century. A 9th-century charter by Æthelred of Mercia records eight 'manses' or major dwellings in Watlington. The Domesday Book of 1086 referred to the town as Watelintone or Watelintune, and identified the area as an agricultural community valued at £610. Medieval documents indicate that the modern street plan was in existence in the 14th century, as Cochynes-lane , and Brook Street are recorded.
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Watlington, South Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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