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Human settlement in England
Hardwick
Hardwick from the church tower, 2008
Hardwick is located in BuckinghamshireHardwickHardwickLocation within Buckinghamshire
Population315 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSP805192
Civil parish
  • Hardwick
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAYLESBURY
Postcode districtHP22
Dialling code01296
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
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51°51′48″N 0°49′55″W / 51.8634°N 0.8320°W / 51.8634; -0.8320

Hardwick is both a village and a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the Aylesbury Vale, about four miles north of Aylesbury.

Hardwick is a common place name in England, of Old English origin meaning 'livestock farm'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was known as Harduich.

Nearby Weedon is a hamlet in the parish of Hardwick.

The parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, and the churchyard contains a grave for the soldiers who died during the English Civil War at the Battle of Aylesbury in 1642.

References

  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. Quick, Kevin (8 November 2000). "The Battle of Aylesbury, 1642". Genuki. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.

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