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Wingrave

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SS Peter & Paul, Wingrave geograph.org.uk 181218
SS Peter & Paul, Wingrave geograph.org.uk 181218

Wingrave is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, about four miles north east of Aylesbury and three miles south west of Wing. The civil parish is called Wingrave with Rowsham within Buckinghamshire district and incorporates the hamlet of Rowsham. Wingrave is twinned with La Bouëxière in France.

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N 51.8638 ° E -0.7387 °
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Leighton Road
HP22 4PB , Wingrave with Rowsham
England, United Kingdom
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Crafton, Buckinghamshire
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The Abbey, Aston Abbotts
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