Wexham

Wexham
240px St Mary's parish church
Wexham  Wexham shown within Buckinghamshire
Area	11.19 km2 (4.32 sq mi)
Population	2,378 (2011 census)
– density	213/km2 (550/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SU9983
District	South Bucks
Unitary authority	Slough
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Slough
Postcode district	SL3
Dialling code	01753
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Beaconsfield
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire

Wexham is a civil parish in the county of Buckinghamshire in southern England. It is on the boundary of the unitary authority of Slough, its post town. Wexham Park Hospital is a large hospital on the parish border and Burnham Beeches, a forest takes in small parts of its northern land.

History

The parish originally covered a relatively small 748 acres (3.0 km²) (1.2 square miles) according to the 1881 and 1891 censuses. It was almost doubled in 1934 by taking in 1,823 acres (7.38 km²) and about 1,000 people from the dissolved Langley Marish parish, a very long strip parish part of which was taken in by Gerrards Cross almost four miles to the north.

Wexham civil parish was divided under the Local Government Act 1972, with the southern part becoming part of Slough and the northern part becoming part of the present district. The northern part now constitutes the civil parish of Wexham, with the southern part being a parish called Wexham Court.

Wexham Court has a parish council with 11 members. The parish and some additional unparished territory form the current (adjustable) three-member Slough Borough Council ward of Wexham Lea.

The civil parish of Wexham includes in order of number of inhabitants: George Green, Middlegreen, and Wexham Street. It has protected green spaces comprising woodland, Langley Park and Black Park Country Park.

The village has a 12th century parish church and the 16th century Wexham Court.

Demography

2011 Published Statistics: Population, home ownership and extracts from Physical Environment, surveyed in 2005

Output area	Homes owned outright	Owned with a loan	Socially rented	Privately rented	Other	km² roads	km² water	km² domestic gardens	km² domestic buildings	km² non-domestic buildings	Usual residents	km²
Civil parish	453	307	94	73	9	0.247	0.205	0.508	0.084	0.048	2378	11.19

Education

The parish relies for its education on neighbouring villages with greater populations, save that the Japanese international boarding school Teikyo School United Kingdom is in Wexham.

See also

• HMS Wexham, a Ham-class minesweeper

External links

• Wexham Court Parish Council