6-473: Speen may refer to: Speen, Buckinghamshire , United Kingdom Speen, Berkshire , United Kingdom Speen railway station See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Speen [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
12-474: A further distance from Chequers , the country residence of the Prime Minister . The village has an annual fete which is usually held on the first weekend of July and a bi-annual arts festival which has been running for many years. The festival consists of entertainment shows, a theatre production and general activities on Speen Playing Field. The village name originates from Anglo Saxon . The exact meaning
18-468: Is in the style of a traditional 18th century village. Its surroundings consists of a mixture of woodland and agricultural fields. Due to the geographical location of the village no railway station was built. There are approximately 165 houses in the village which has a population at the time of the 2011 census of 637 and has an estimated population of 654 in 2019. The village hosts the Speen Festival ,
24-467: Is unclear, but possibly meaning 'wood-chip place'. The name of the village corresponds to the location of the hamlet in the Chiltern Forest where trees were regularly felled. The Baptist church was built by men of the village in 1802. The flints were apparently collected in their aprons by local women from surrounding fields, helped by their children. It is a Grade II listed building. The village
30-538: The Chiltern Hills , an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty , situated in the civil parish of Lacey Green , in Buckinghamshire , England. The centre of the village (depicted by the village sign) is 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Princes Risborough , and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of High Wycombe . The village is a short distance 'as the crow flies' from Hampden House , originally owned by John Hampden and
36-403: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speen&oldid=959764380 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Speen, Buckinghamshire Speen is a village in
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