Ivinghoe is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It is four miles north of Tring and six miles south of Leighton Buzzard, close to the village of Pitstone. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Ifa's hill-spur'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Evinghehou. The large church dates from 1220 but was deliberately set on fire in 1234 in an act of spite against the local Bishop. The church was rebuilt in 1241. For a village Ivinghoe has one unique feature: a Town Hall, rather than a Village Hall. The village has some fine examples of Tudor architecture, particularly around the village green. Ivinghoe Beacon, which is near the village, is one of the ancient beacons, or signal points, used in times of crisis to send messages across the country and is very popular today with people flying model aircraft. The hill is the site of an early Iron age hillfort which during excavations in the 1960s was identified from bronzework finds to date back to the Bronze-Iron transition period of between 800-700 BC. Like many other similar hillforts in the Chilterns it is thought to have been occupied for only a short period, possibly less than one generation. Nearby is Pitstone Windmill, owned by the National Trust. Ivinghoe Aston is a large hamlet within the parish of Ivinghoe. Its name refers to a farm to the east of the main village. The hamlet consists of four farms and some houses. There is also a public house, The Village Swan, which was bought by some of the residents in 1997. The hamlet has close connections with the Vale of Aylesbury Hunt, and the South Hertfordshire Beagle pack. Both packs meet and hunt in the hamlet. A small stream called Whistle Brook flows down through the hamlet, from the Chilterns above, to join the River Ouzel at nearby Slapton. Horton is another hamlet in the parish of Ivinghoe.
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