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Fulmer

Village in Buckinghamshire, England

Field	Value
official_name	Fulmer
static_image_name	Houses at Allhusen Gardens, Fulmer - geograph.org.uk - 20813.jpg
static_image_caption	Allhusen Gardens, Fulmer
static_image_2_name	View from Gerrards Cross to Fulmer Hall across the M40 Motorway - geograph.org.uk - 20836.jpg
static_image_2_caption	Fulmer Hall with surrounding woods forming most of the north of the parish, taken from the M40. In the grounds are the purpose-built pharmaceutical research laboratories.
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SU9985
label_position	top
population	485
population_ref	(2011 census)
area_total_km2	5.58
civil_parish	Fulmer
unitary_england	Buckinghamshire
lieutenancy_england	Buckinghamshire
region	South East England
country	England
constituency_westminster	Beaconsfield
post_town	Slough
postcode_district	SL3
postcode_area	SL
dial_code	01753

Fulmer is a village and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England. The village has, along most of its northern border, a narrow green buffer from Gerrards Cross and its heavily wooded adjoining neighbouring villages of Iver Heath and Wexham. The village's name is derived from the Old English for "mere or lake frequented by birds". It was recorded in 1198 as Fugelmere.

In the late 17th century the owners of the manor of Fulmer were forced to sell their house to their servants because they had squandered their money and could not afford to pay them. The manor then passed into the hands of the Duke of Portland.

In the mid-19th century watercress was grown at Moor Farm, known locally as "The Bog", (now Low Farm) by Richard Whiting Bradbery, the son of William Bradbery, the first British watercress pioneer who had a large cress farm at West Hyde, Hertfordshire. Richard is buried in St James’ churchyard, Fulmer, with his wife Hannah.

Fulmer Chase on Stoke Common Road is a former home of the Wills tobacco family and was used as a military hospital during World War II.

Fulmer is close to Pinewood Studios and several films have been shot in the village, including Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines and Sleepy Hollow.

Demography

Output area		Homes owned outright		Owned with a loan		Socially rented		Privately rented		Other		sq mi roads		sq mi water		sq mi domestic gardens		sq mi domestic buildings		sq mi non-domestic buildings		Usual residents		sq mi
Civil parish

Education

Fulmer Infant School is in Fulmer.

Beehive and Honeycomb Nursery in Fulmer.

International School of Creative Arts is in the area.

Teikyo School United Kingdom is in the area.

Notable people

Tess Daly
Marmaduke Darrell
Angelina Jolie (lived here)
Vernon Kay
Yasser Al-Habib
David Newbery (was born here)
J. Peter Robinson (was born here)
John Sulston, Nobel Laureate (was born here)
Michael York (actor) (was born here)

Sport and recreation

Cricket has been played in the village from at least the first half of the 19th century. The sporting magazine, Bell's Life in London, carried an article on 6 August 1843 which suggested that the Vicar, Revd Butterfield, had 'formed a club between the youths of that village, and presented them with a stock of bats, balls and stumps'. Hitherto, the article continued, the youths had been wont to 'congregate in clusters to pursue the disreputable game of pitch and toss', especially on the Sabbath.

How long the Vicar's club endured isn't clear, but the late nineteenth century saw a re-foundation of the game. A local village team existed in 1886 but the current club was officially founded in 1895.

Fulmer Cricket Club play their games at King George's Field, named as a memorial to King George V. Local resident and noted cricketer Denis Compton opened the new clubhouse in 1988.

References

"Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005".
Mills, A. D.. (1996). "A Dictionary of English Place Names". Oxford University Press.
"Contact Us". Fulmer Infant School.
"Beehive & Honeycomb Nursery".
"ISCA - international school of creative arts".
(1989-09-27). "Japan Open Day". [[Buckinghamshire Advertiser]].
(27 May 2005). "Angelina and Brad's Secret Life..in a Rural English Village".
Adams, Stephen. (4 May 2008). "Perfect country life a short hop from the M25". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
"Newbery CV".

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