Talk:West Wycombe

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West Wycombe is a small village three miles due west of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England
and is the home of the West Wycombe Caves and the Italianate West Wycombe Park — a stately home  
accompanied by 5000 acres (20 km²) of land....

2.5 miles WNW, not "due west". West Wycombe Park does not cover 5000 acres. The NT-owned part covers about 40 acres (1m in circumference) and the original park about 3 times that. The entire original Dashwood estate may have covered 5000 acres, but that's not what this section states - it's in the present tense. "is the home of" - they don't live there, I'd suggest "is home to" was intended.

They were a natural formation which was excavated in the 1750s by Sir Francis Dashwood to give work
to the local community, straighten the road to London....

You can't excavate a natural formation, The caves were a natural formation which was extended by excavation. You can't straighten a road by excavating a cave. The road was rebuilt and straightened using chalk excavated from the caves. It was (and is) the road to High Wycombe, and only that two miles was rebuilt.

The 18th century Church of St. Lawrence, with its golden ball on the top of the hill, is a well-known landmark,  
visible for many miles due its hilltop location, visually dominating the village. The ball can seat up to eight 
people and gives a panoramic view of the area

The church is on the top of the hill (which hill? - none mentioned so far), and the ball atop the church tower. It is said that the ball can seat 8 people, but that's by no means sure - some sources say 6, some only 2. See the adjacent picture for scale.

The hill is known as 'West Wycombe Hill' and was an Iron Age hill fort.

The hill wasn't an iron-age hill fort - it's the site of one, and the church sits inside the bank and ditch.

The National Trust markets this property under the name 'West Wycombe Village and Hill'

"To market " is "to offer for sale" - I don't think the NT is trying to sell them.

In 1929 West Wycombe village was put up for sale by the Dashwood family to raise assets...

No, they sold their assets to raise money.

The High Street consists of a number of 'old-fashioned' shops (in appearance at least), as well as
three pubs, some small offices and a well-utilised village hall.

No houses then? I thought it was a village, rather than a period retail park

I'll apply some corrections, and do some research to address some of the other points I've raised. Rambler24 (talk) 13:53, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

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The hill above West Wycombe (now the site of St Lawrence's Church and the Mausoleum) has been continuously inhabited for centuries. A Bronze Age settlement is widely believed to have existed here, and research suggests there was a pagan temple in a similar style to Stonehenge. A Roman settlement later occupied West Wycombe Hill, and local historians believe a temple was constructed here (though the exact site remains unknown)[citation needed].

Vague unattributed assertions in bold. Citations needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.223.203 (talk) 12:14, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

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