Henton,_Oxfordshire

Henton, Oxfordshire

Henton, Oxfordshire

Human settlement in England

Henton is a hamlet in Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) west of Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire. Henton is in the civil parish of Chinnor, just off the Icknield Way, which has been a road since the Iron Age.

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Railway

In 1869–72 the Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway was built past Henton. It ran within about 0.5 miles (800 m) of Henton but the nearest station it provided was about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away at Chinnor. The Great Western Railway took over the line in 1883 and built Wainhill Crossing Halt about 0.75 miles (1.2 km) from Henton in 1906.[1] British Railways withdrew passenger services and closed the halt in 1957.[2] The line remained open for freight as far as Chinnor cement works until 1989. In 1994 the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association reopened this section of line as a heritage railway. The association has not reinstated Wainhill Crossing Halt.

Amenities

Pub sign for The Peacock

Henton has a hotel and restaurant, the Peacock.[3] It also has a bed and breakfast, Manor Farm Cottage.[4]

  • Manor Farm Cottage, Henton
  • Timber-framed thatched cottage in Henton

Notes

  1. [1]
    Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway: History
  2. [2]
    Oppitz, 2000, page 22
  3. [3]
    The Peacock Archived 1 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Manor Farm Cottage

Sources

  • Oppitz, Leslie (2000). Lost Railways of the Chilterns. Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-643-5.

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