Poundon

Poundon

Poundon

Human settlement in England

Poundon is a hamlet and a civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located near the Oxfordshire border, about four miles northeast of Bicester, three miles southwest of Steeple Claydon.

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The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, though its meaning is uncertain. In manorial rolls of 1255 it was recorded as Paundon.

Poundon Hill wireless station

Poundon Hill wireless station was a FCO/MI6 signals intelligence station just outside the hamlet. [2] The site is now Tower Hill Business Park. During the Second World War Poundon and Poundon House were sites of stations 53b and 53c of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. [2]
    "Poundon - Former MI6 SIGINT site · Poundon, Bicester OX27 9BD, United Kingdom".
  3. [3]
    Turnbull, Alan (24 August 2006). ""Secret Bases" Part 1". Pagliacci Productions Limited. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
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