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Poundon

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Population
  
114 (2011 Census)

Region
  
South East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Buckinghamshire

District
  
Aylesbury Vale

UK parliament constituency
  
Buckingham

OS grid reference
  
SP645255

Country
  
England

Post town
  
BICESTER

Local time
  
Saturday 10:30 AM

Dialling code
  
01869

Poundon

Weather
  
10°C, Wind NE at 24 km/h, 66% Humidity

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.

Map of Poundon, Bicester, UK

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

During the Second World War Poundon was the site of stations 53b and 53c of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Just outside the village is Tower Hill Business Park. This used to be Poundon Hill Wireless Station, a FCO/MI6 signals intelligence station.

References

Poundon Wikipedia