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Longwick
Longwick
	Pasture, Longwick, 2010
	Longwick Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	1,267 ; 1,347 (2011 Census. parish)
OS grid reference	SP7805
Civil parish	Longwick-cum-Ilmer;
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire;
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Princes Risborough
Postcode district	HP27
Dialling code	01844
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Buckingham;
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 51°44′10″N 0°51′25″W / 51.736°N 0.857°W

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Longwick is a village 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) northwest of Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England, on the A4129 road.

The toponym is from the Old English for "long farm".^{[citation needed]}

With Ilmer, Owlswick, Meadle and Horsenden, it forms the civil parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer which was created in 1934. In 1951 its population was 786,^{[citation needed]} since when it has increased significantly to 1,267 in 2001.

Longwick was the location for the Sunrise/Back to the Future Acid House party on 12 August 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

Longwick is served on a daily basis by the Risborough Area Community Bus (RCB) with hourly services to Princes Risborough, five times a day. Longwick is also served by Redline Buses' 320 rail link service between Princes Risborough and Chinnor at peak times.

References

^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^ Fittock, M. "Finds record for: BH-348FD3". The Portable Antiquities Scheme. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

External links

For a map see the Wycombe District site describing the Parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer

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[1] Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[3] Fittock, M. "Finds record for: BH-348FD3". The Portable Antiquities Scheme. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

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 |country= England
+|coordinates = {{coord|51.736|-0.857|display=inline,title}}
-|latitude= 51.736
+|static_image= Pasture, Longwick - geograph.org.uk - 2233513.jpg
-|longitude= -0.857
+|static_image_caption= Pasture, Longwick, 2010
-|static_image=
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 |official_name= Longwick
 |population= 1,267
-|population_ref= <ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792162&c=Longwick&d=16&e=15&g=425256&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216513235108&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census]</ref><br>  1,347  (2011 Census)<ref>http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124959&c=Ibstone&d=16&e=62&g=6404839&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479899243071&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=23 November 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
+|population_ref= <ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792162&c=Longwick&d=16&e=15&g=425256&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216513235108&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census]</ref><br>  1,347  (2011 Census. parish)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124959&c=Ibstone&d=16&e=62&g=6404839&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479899243071&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=23 November 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
 |civil_parish= [[Longwick-cum-Ilmer]]
-|shire_district= [[Wycombe (district)|Wycombe]]
+|unitary_england     = [[Buckinghamshire (district)|Buckinghamshire]]
-|shire_county= [[Buckinghamshire]]
+|lieutenancy_england = [[Buckinghamshire]]
 |region= South East England
-|constituency_westminster= [[Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)|Wycombe]]
+|constituency_westminster= [[Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Buckingham]]
 |post_town=Princes Risborough
 |postcode_district = HP27
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 |website=
 }}
-'''Longwick''' is a [[village (place)|hamlet]] in [[Wycombe district]] about {{convert|1.25|mi|km}} northwest of [[Princes Risborough]], [[Buckinghamshire]] on the A4129 road.
+'''Longwick''' is a village {{convert|1+1/4|mi|km|0}} northwest of [[Princes Risborough]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England, on the A4129 road.
+[[File:Roman gold polygonal finger-ring (FindID 986782).jpg|thumb|left|A [[Roman Britain|Roman]] gold finger ring, dated to {{circa|200|300}} [[Common Era|CE]] and found in Longwick-cum-Ilmer in 2019<ref>{{cite web |url= https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/986782 |title= Finds record for: BH-348FD3 |author= Fittock, M. |access-date= 7 September 2022 |publisher= The Portable Antiquities Scheme}}</ref>]]
 The [[Toponymy|toponym]] is from the [[Old English]] for "long farm".{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
-With [[Ilmer]], [[Owlswick]], [[Meadle]] and Horsenden, it forms the [[Civil_parish#United_Kingdom|civil parish]] of [[Longwick-cum-Ilmer]] which was created in 1934. In 1951 its population was 786,{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} since when it has increased significantly to 1,267 in 2001.
+With [[Ilmer]], [[Owlswick]], [[Meadle]] and Horsenden, it forms the [[Civil parish#United Kingdom|civil parish]] of '''Longwick-cum-Ilmer''' which was created in 1934. In 1951 its population was 786,{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} since when it has increased significantly to 1,267 in 2001.
-Longwick was the location for the [[Sunrise/Back to the Future]] [[Acid House]] party on 12 August 1989, which attracted over 20,000 people, and considered to be one of the most significant, and best, parties of its era.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}
+Longwick was the location for the [[Sunrise/Back to the Future]] [[Acid House]] party on 12 August 1989.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}}
+{{clear|left}}
 ==Transport==
+Longwick is served on a daily basis by the '''Risborough Area Community Bus''' (RCB) with hourly services to Princes Risborough, five times a day. Longwick is also served by Redline Buses' 320 rail link service between Princes Risborough and [[Chinnor]] at peak times.
-Longwick is served on a daily basis by the '''Risborough Area Community Bus''' (RCB) with hourly services to Princes Risborough, five times a day. Longwick is also served by [[Arriva Shires & Essex|Arriva]]'s 120 and 121 services between Princes Risborough and Thame and also Redline Buses' 320 rail link service between Princes Risborough and [[Chinnor]] at peak times.
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
+For a map see the Wycombe District site describing the [https://web.archive.org/web/20071016025906/http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Community%20and%20living/longwick%20parish%20fact%20file.pdf Parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer]
-For a map see the Wycombe District site describing the [http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Community%20and%20living/longwick%20parish%20fact%20file.pdf Parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer]
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 [[Category:Hamlets in Buckinghamshire]]
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Towns (component areas and hamlets)	High Wycombe Cressex Micklefield Sands Terriers Totteridge Wycombe Marsh Marlow Forty Green Princes Risborough Alscot Askett Cadsden Flowers Bottom Loosley Row Lower North Dean Monks Risborough North Dean Redland End Speen Upper North Dean Whiteleaf
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Bledlow-cum-Saunderton Bledlow Bledlow Ridge Crownfield Forty Green Holly Green Pitch Green Rout's Green Saunderton Saunderton Lee Skittle Green Bradenham Bradenham Walters Ash Chepping Wycombe Flackwell Heath Loudwater Tylers Green Downley Ellesborough Butlers Cross Chalkshire Coombe Dunsmore Ellesborough Nash Lee North Lee Terrick Fawley Fawley Fawley Bottom Great and Little Hampden Great Hampden Green Hailey Hampden Row Little Hampden Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh Great Kimble Kimble Wick Little Kimble Marsh Smoky Row Great Marlow Bovingdon Green Burroughs Grove Chisbridge Cross Danesfield Marlow Common Hambleden Colstrope Fingest Frieth Hambleden Mill End Parmoor Pheasant's Hill Skirmett Hazlemere Hedsor Hedsor Widmoor Hughenden Cryers Hill Four Ashes Great Kingshill Hughenden Valley Hunt's Hill Naphill Naphill Common Widmer End Ibstone Lacey Green Lacey Green Parslow's Hillock Wardrobes Lane End Cadmore Ditchfield Lane End Moor Common Moor End Little Marlow Coldmoorholme Fern Handy Cross Little Marlow Sheepridge Well End Winchbottom Longwick-cum-Ilmer Horsenden Ilmer Little Meadle Longwick Meadle Owlswick Marlow Bottom Medmenham Bockmer End Lower Woodend Medmenham Rockwell End Piddington and Wheeler End Piddington Wheeler End Radnage Bennett End Radnage The City Stokenchurch Beacon's Bottom Bolter End Horsleys Green Stokenchurch Studley Green Waterend Turville Northend Southend Turville Turville Heath West Wycombe Booker West Wycombe Wooburn Berghers Hill Bourne End Cores End Hawks Hill Widmoor Wooburn Wooburn Green Wooburn Moor
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