Historic Buildings of Buckinghamshire

A rare surviving 17th-century mechanical decoy set in a nature reserve with rare animal breeds. The National Trust gives regular demonstrations of how the decoy, including a dummy human, and dog, were used to lure ducks. There are a nature trail and an exhibition centre on site.
Boarstall, Bicester, Buckinghamshire, England, HP18 9UX

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Boarstall is an imposing 14th-century moated gatehouse surrounded by gardens. The exterior chambers are largely unaltered since the early 17th century.
Boarstall, Bicester, Buckinghamshire, England, HP18 9UX

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Ford End Watermill is a restored, working watermill dating to at least 1787. Ford End is the only working watermill in Buckinghamshire to retain its original machinery. One unusual feature at Ford end is a sheepwash in the tailrace. Sheep were washed here before being sheared, as clean wool could demand a high price.
Station Road, Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, England, LU7 9EA

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Heritage Highlight: Unusual sheepwash below the mill

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In the heart of the pretty village of Chalfont St Giles stands this attractive 16th-century cottage that was the home of poet John Milton. It was here that Milton completed his great work, Paradise Lost. The ground floor of the house is now a museum relating Milton and his times.
Deanway, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England, HP8 4JH

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Heritage Highlight: Large collection of 17th century first editions of Milton's works

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The King's Head Hotel is a historic inn with royal associations. The inn dates to the mid 15th century, and it was here that Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou spent a part of their honeymoon, a fact that is commemorated in the stained glass of the mullioned front window. Later, Henry VIII visited the King's Head while he was wooing Anne Boleyn.
King's Head Passage, Market Square, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, HP20 2RW

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An attractive, thatched half-timbered building dating to the late 15th century. The Long Crendon Courthouse was originally a wool store but was used as a manor court from the time of Henry V to the Victorian period.
High Street, Long Crendon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, HP18 9AN

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Pitstone Windmill is one of the earliest examples in Britain of a windmill. Pitstone may date to the late 16th century and was built to a post mill design. The mill, set in the attractive Chiltern countryside, has been fully restored. It stands directly on the Ridgeway Trail long-distance footpath on the edge of the parish boundary between Pitstone and Ivinghoe villages.
Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Perhaps the oldest postmill in England

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