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|post_town= PRINCES RISBOROUGH | |post_town= PRINCES RISBOROUGH | ||
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'''Loosley Row''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Lacey Green]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is located in the [[Chiltern Hills]] to the east of the main town of Princes Risborough. In the [[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 Census]], the population was recorded in the Lacey Green Parish, which included [[Speen, Buckinghamshire|Speen]], parts of [[Walter's Ash]], and Lacey Green, with a combined population of 2,559.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04001606|title=Lacey Green Parish|accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref> | '''Loosley Row''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Lacey Green]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is located in the [[Chiltern Hills]] to the east of the main town of Princes Risborough. In the [[2011 Census for England and Wales|2011 Census]], the population was recorded in the Lacey Green Parish, which included [[Speen, Buckinghamshire|Speen]], parts of [[Walter's Ash]], and Lacey Green, with a combined population of 2,559.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04001606|title=Lacey Green Parish|accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The hamlet name derives from the [[Old English language|Old English]] ''hlose-leah'', and means 'pigstye-clearing'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1947 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |oclc=12542596 |page=290 |edition=3}}</ref> | The hamlet name derives from the [[Old English language|Old English]] ''hlose-leah'', and means 'pigstye-clearing'.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1947 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |oclc=12542596 |page=290 |edition=3}}</ref> It is often said that the hamlet was named after the Loosley family but it is, in fact, the other way round – the family was named after the place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surname Database: Loosley Last Name Origin |url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Loosley |website=surnamedb.com |accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref> | ||
The [[Domesday Book]] talks of the large number of [[pig]]s at (Princes) Risborough.<ref>{{cite web |title=[Princes] Risborough {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SP8003/princes-risborough/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref> Pigs were often found in clearings at the edges of the woods, the animals allowed to wander through sectioned areas of the woods. The row of piggeries in the lea of the woods became the start of a settlement called Loosley Row.{{sfn|LRCA|2000|p=2}} Loosley Row stretched from Brimmer's Farm, east of Princes Risborough, round the side of the hill to the hamlet we know today. It included Wardrobes farm and Wardrobes House.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Valerie G |title=Buckinghamshire |date=1984 |publisher=Quiller Press in association with Knight, Frank & Rutley |location=London |isbn=0-907621-30-9 |page=xvii}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wareham |first1=Stephanie |title=Firefighters rescue car from 'precarious' position following crash |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/15920032.firefighters-rescue-car-from-precarious-position-following-crash-at-the-junction-of-wardrobes-lane-and-brimmers-road-loosley-row/ |accessdate=4 March 2020 |work=Bucks Free Press |date=5 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Buckinghamshire Green Belt Assessment |url=https://www.wycombe.gov.uk/uploads/public/documents/Planning/New-local-plan/20160307-Bucks-green-belt-assessment-Annex-1A-General-area-assessments-pro-formas.pdf |website=wycombe.gov.uk |accessdate=4 March 2020 |pages=79–81 |format=PDF |date=March 2016}}</ref> The old township of Loosley Row, stretched over to [[Bledlow Ridge]], across what is now the [[A4010 road]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheltenham & Oxford Union Railway |work=Jackson's Oxford Journal |issue=5,194 |date=13 November 1852 |location=Column D |page=2}}</ref> | The [[Domesday Book]] talks of the large number of [[pig]]s at (Princes) Risborough.<ref>{{cite web |title=[Princes] Risborough {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SP8003/princes-risborough/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=4 March 2020}}</ref> Pigs were often found in clearings at the edges of the woods, the animals allowed to wander through sectioned areas of the woods. The row of piggeries in the lea of the woods became the start of a settlement called Loosley Row.{{sfn|LRCA|2000|p=2}} Loosley Row stretched from Brimmer's Farm, east of Princes Risborough, round the side of the hill to the hamlet we know today. It included Wardrobes farm and Wardrobes House.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Scott |first1=Valerie G |title=Buckinghamshire |date=1984 |publisher=Quiller Press in association with Knight, Frank & Rutley |location=London |isbn=0-907621-30-9 |page=xvii}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wareham |first1=Stephanie |title=Firefighters rescue car from 'precarious' position following crash |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/15920032.firefighters-rescue-car-from-precarious-position-following-crash-at-the-junction-of-wardrobes-lane-and-brimmers-road-loosley-row/ |accessdate=4 March 2020 |work=Bucks Free Press |date=5 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Buckinghamshire Green Belt Assessment |url=https://www.wycombe.gov.uk/uploads/public/documents/Planning/New-local-plan/20160307-Bucks-green-belt-assessment-Annex-1A-General-area-assessments-pro-formas.pdf |website=wycombe.gov.uk |accessdate=4 March 2020 |pages=79–81 |format=PDF |date=March 2016}}</ref> The old township of Loosley Row, stretched over to [[Bledlow Ridge]], across what is now the [[A4010 road]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheltenham & Oxford Union Railway |work=Jackson's Oxford Journal |issue=5,194 |date=13 November 1852 |location=Column D |page=2}}</ref> | ||
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The television astronomer, [[Heather Couper]], lived in the hamlet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wareham |first1=Stephanie |title='Charismatic' TV astronomer and Bucks resident Heather Couper dies after short illness |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/18247598.loosley-row-tv-astronomer-heather-couper-dies-short-illness/ |accessdate=4 March 2020 |work=Bucks Free Press |date=20 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | The television astronomer, [[Heather Couper]], lived in the hamlet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wareham |first1=Stephanie |title='Charismatic' TV astronomer and Bucks resident Heather Couper dies after short illness |url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/18247598.loosley-row-tv-astronomer-heather-couper-dies-short-illness/ |accessdate=4 March 2020 |work=Bucks Free Press |date=20 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Meteorologist and BBC weather forecaster [[Bert Foord]] was a resident.<ref>{{cite news|title=Buckinghamshire Examiner|date=14 January 1994|page=10}}</ref> | |||
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Astronomer, science writer and Virgin Galactic astronaut [[Nigel Henbest]] has lived in Loosley Row for over 30 years. | Astronomer, science writer and Virgin Galactic astronaut [[Nigel Henbest]] has lived in Loosley Row for over 30 years.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Stephanie Wareham|title=Astronomy professor Nigel Henbest to become an astronaut after buying ticket to space with Virgin Galactic|url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/11868450.astronomy-professor-nigel-henbest-to-become-an-astronaut-after-buying-ticket-to-space-with-virgin-galactic/|newspaper=Bucks Free Press|accessdate=30 November 2024|date=19 March 2015}}</ref> | ||
<ref>{{cite news|author1=Stephanie Wareham|title=Astronomy professor Nigel Henbest to become an astronaut after buying ticket to space with Virgin Galactic|url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/11868450.astronomy-professor-nigel-henbest-to-become-an-astronaut-after-buying-ticket-to-space-with-virgin-galactic/|newspaper=Bucks Free Press|accessdate=30 November 2024|date=19 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:19, 30 June 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Loosley Row is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills to the east of the main town of Princes Risborough. In the 2011 Census, the population was recorded in the Lacey Green Parish, which included Speen, parts of Walter's Ash, and Lacey Green, with a combined population of 2,559.[1]
The hamlet sits on a west-facing chalk escarpment, that stretches to north-eastwards to Coombe Hill.
History
The hamlet name derives from the Old English hlose-leah, and means 'pigstye-clearing'.[2] It is often said that the hamlet was named after the Loosley family but it is, in fact, the other way round – the family was named after the place.[3]
The Domesday Book talks of the large number of pigs at (Princes) Risborough.[4] Pigs were often found in clearings at the edges of the woods, the animals allowed to wander through sectioned areas of the woods. The row of piggeries in the lea of the woods became the start of a settlement called Loosley Row.Template:Sfn Loosley Row stretched from Brimmer's Farm, east of Princes Risborough, round the side of the hill to the hamlet we know today. It included Wardrobes farm and Wardrobes House.[5][6][7] The old township of Loosley Row, stretched over to Bledlow Ridge, across what is now the A4010 road.[8]
The underlying geology consists of chalk which typifies the area around Princes Risborough. Loosley Row sits as the south end of a chalk escarpment that runs south-westwards from Coombe Hill to Loosley Row and affords good views of the Vale of Aylesbury to the west.[9]
The hamlet used to have a chapel, a school, a village store, a bakery and a post office, but these have all now been closed (the school was shut down in 1916).[10][11]Template:Sfn The hamlet also has a dried up parish well, which is situated on what is claimed to be the smallest patch of common land in the Chilterns.[12] A forge, which lends its name to Foundry Lane through the hamlet, still operates in Loosley Row. It has created some of the bus shelters seen on the road through Lacey Green from Princes Risborough.[13]
Notable people
The television astronomer, Heather Couper, lived in the hamlet.[14]
Meteorologist and BBC weather forecaster Bert Foord was a resident.[15]
Astronomer, science writer and Virgin Galactic astronaut Nigel Henbest has lived in Loosley Row for over 30 years.[16]
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