Fingest

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Village in Buckinghamshire, England

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::summary Village in Buckinghamshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

FieldValue
countryEngland
coordinates
official_nameFingest
civil_parishHambleden
unitary_englandBuckinghamshire
lieutenancy_englandBuckinghamshire
regionSouth East England
constituency_westminsterWycombe
post_townHENLEY-ON-THAMES
postcode_districtRG9
postcode_areaRG
dial_code01491
os_grid_referenceSU777912
static_image_nameFingest Church.JPG
static_image_captionSt Bartholomew's Church Fingest
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|country = England |coordinates = |official_name= Fingest |population= |civil_parish= Hambleden |unitary_england = Buckinghamshire |lieutenancy_england = Buckinghamshire |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= Wycombe |post_town= HENLEY-ON-THAMES |postcode_district = RG9 |postcode_area= RG |dial_code= 01491 |os_grid_reference= SU777912 |london_distance= |static_image_name=Fingest Church.JPG |static_image_caption=St Bartholomew's Church Fingest Fingest is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. |url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=AdministrativeGeographies&chosenLayers=parishIndex&xygridref=477594,191252&startScale=5000 |title=MAGiC MaP : Fingest village, Buckinghamshire |publisher=Natural England - Magic in the Cloud }} It is in the Chiltern Hills near the border with Oxfordshire. It is about six miles WSW of High Wycombe. It lies in the civil parish of Hambleden.

The parish church of St Bartholomew's dates from the early Norman period. It has an unusual tower, with a double vaulted roof. The church is a Grade I listed building.

Name

Name history

  • Tinghurst, Tynhurst (11-13th cent.)
  • Tyngehurst (14th cent.)
  • Tingerst alias Fyngerst or Fingest (16-18th cent.)

Toponym

  • ** The wood or wooded hill where the assembly meet ** {{efn | Fingest - * ” The wood or wooded hill where the assembly meet ” *
  • Old Norse Þing : * ” assembly ” *
  • Old English hyrst : * ” wood or wooded hill ” * }}

Fingest : (* Ting..hurst, Tyn..hurst * ) 11-13th cent.

The name is a hybrid of Old Norse and Old English.

The first element * ' ting ' or ' tyn ' * is from Old Norse Þing - ( * ' thing' * ) ( * ” assembly place ” * ). difficult, hence words that began ** ' Th ' ** were often shortened to begin with just ** ' T ' **, ** ' H ' ** or ** ' F ' ** ( E.g. Number three - ** ” tree ” ** ) }}

The next element * ” hurst ” * is from Old English * ” hyrst ” * ( * ” wood or wooded hill ” * ).

History

The ancient parish of Fingest included Cadmore End to the north of the village, which became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1852.

The manor of Fingest anciently belonged to St Albans Abbey. In 1163 it was given to the bishop of Lincoln. The ghost of Henry Burghersh, 14th-century Bishop of Lincoln, is reputed to haunt the area. After this time it was used as the country residence for the Lincoln diocese until 1547 when it was seized by the Crown. It was then given two years later to the Duke of Somerset who exchanged it with a property belonging to Wells Cathedral. The manor is now privately owned.

The civil parish of Fingest, originally based on the ecclesiastical parish, was enlarged in 1934 by adding land from the parishes of West Wycombe, Great Marlow and Hambleden. As a result, Lane End became the largest settlement in the parish, and the parish was renamed Fingest and Lane End in 1937. In the 1980s the civil parish was abolished. The larger part became the parish of Lane End, and the village of Fingest was added to Hambleden parish.

Scenes of the period drama The Monuments Men were shot in Fingest in May 2013.

Notes

Citations

Sources

Online

  • {{cite web|title=Parishes: Fingest', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3, |publisher=British History Online |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol3/pp42-45 |access-date= 1 May 2022}}

Books

  • {{cite book |last1=Arthur |first1=Ross G. |title= English-Old Norse Dictionary pdf |date=2002 |publisher= In Parentheses Publications }}

  • {{cite book |last1=Reaney |first1=P H |title= The Origin of English Place Names |date=1969 |publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul }}

  • {{cite book |last1=Page |first1=William |title=Parishes: Fingest', in A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3, |date=1925 |publisher=British History Online }}

  • {{cite book |last1=Clark Hall|first1=John R. |title= A Concise Anglo−Saxon Dictionary, Second Edition |date=1916 |publisher=The Macmillan Company }}

References

  1. {{NHLE
  2. (1925). "Parishes: Fingest". Institute of Historical Research.
  3. "Green Man of Fingest - Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysterious Britain & Ireland.
  4. link. (28 June 2011)

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