Cecilia Payne
Why did Wendover Parish Council decide to fix a blue plaque to a house in Wendover? It was the birthplace on 10 May 1900 of an astonishing woman who acknowledged…
The future of Wendover Woodhenge
On Saturday 11 July 2020, Wendover News published information supplied by HS2 Ltd about exciting archaeological discoveries along the proposed route, click here . The press release stimulated some questions…
Wendover Woodhenge
Walkers noticed that footpaths in fields either side of Ellesborough Road had been fenced off at the start of lockdown. A footpath accessible from Bacombe Lane was diverted, much to…
£350k grant to transform a piece of High Street history
A 14th century town centre building in High Wycombe - once the thriving Wheatsheaf Inn on the old London to Oxford road - will be restored thanks to a £350,000 grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund.
HS2 excavations uncovered unique Bronze Age site
Important remains from a 4,000-year-old Bronze Age ceremonial site near Wendover have been carefully removed and documented by professional archaeological excavation teams working ahead of HS2 construction work
HS2 uncovers Iron Age murder victim and timber Stonehenge-style formation during excavations at Wellwick Farm
Archaeologists working on the HS2 project in Buckinghamshire have discovered a skeleton believed to be a murder victim from the Iron Age.
Chiltern Way Academy’s Coronavirus Time Capsule
During the month of June, staff and students at Chiltern Way Academy Wendover Campus worked diligently to create their own time capsule to remember this unusual period
Matters Arising – June 2020
The Wendover Parish council update for June 2020
Wendover VE Day parade float
Lib posted this photo on Facebook before the VE-75 celebrations in Wendover Here is photo of a Wendover VE Day parade float (on the back of the coal merchants truck).…
VE Day reflections from Abbeyfield, Wendover
‘Thank God, that’s over. Now perhaps we’ll get some bloody equipment,’ bellowed our Colonel (in the Far East) when the armistice was signed. Of course we didn’t. It took ages…