Wooburn is a village in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, England. It is located off the A4094 road

A4094 road

The A4094 is a road in the United Kingdom that starts at Loudwater in Buckinghamshire and leads to Maidenhead in Berkshire....

 between Wooburn Green

Wooburn Green

Wooburn Green is a village in the parish of Wooburn and Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England.-Location:Wooburn Green is a village situated four miles south east of the town of High Wycombe. It neighbours Beaconsfield, Loudwater, Flackwell Heath, and Bourne End...

 and Bourne End

Bourne End, Buckinghamshire

Bourne End is a village predominantly in the parish of Wooburn and Bourne End, but also in the parish of Little Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated close to the border with Berkshire, near where the River Wye meets the River Thames...

 in the very south of the county near the River Thames

River Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

, about two miles south west of Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield is a market town and civil parish operating as a town council within the South Bucks district in Buckinghamshire, England. It lies northwest of Charing Cross in Central London, and south-east of the county town of Aylesbury...

 and four miles east of Marlow

Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Marlow is a town and civil parish within Wycombe district in south Buckinghamshire, England...

. Wooburn is one of the two principal settlements within Wooburn and Bourne End

Wooburn and Bourne End

Wooburn and Bourne End is a civil parish within Wycombe district, Buckinghamshire, England. It comprises the villages of Wooburn, Wooburn Green and Bourne End and the hamlets of Berghers Hill, Cores End, Hawks Hill, Widmoor, Wooburn Green and Wooburn Moor....

, a civil parish in Wycombe district.

The village toponym

Toponymy

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 is derived from the Old English for "walled stream". This refers to the River Wye

River Wye, Buckinghamshire

The River Wye in Buckinghamshire is a river in England that rises in the Chiltern Hills of Buckinghamshire. It flows for around , through High Wycombe on its way down to Bourne End, where it meets the River Thames on the reach above Cookham Lock....

, which has its source near West Wycombe

West Wycombe

West Wycombe is a small village situated along the A40 road, due three miles west of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.The historic village is largely a National Trust property and receives a large annual influx of tourists - being the site of West Wycombe Park, West Wycombe Caves and the...

 and runs through the village to join the River Thames at Bourne End. In the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 of 1086 the village was recorded as Waborne though earlier, in 1075, it had been referred to as Waburna.

The Church of England parish church

Church of England parish church

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 of Saint Paul

Paul of Tarsus

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 is medieval but was extensively altered by the Gothic Revival architect

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 William Butterfield

William Butterfield

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 in 1869. It has a flint nave

Nave

In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...

 and a tall tower. there are some half timbered houses facing the churchyard and nearby there is a flint school house.

The manor house

Manor house

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 of Wooburn was anciently a palace

Palace

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 of the Bishops of Lincoln

Bishop of Lincoln

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.