Wendover is a market town at the foot of the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire, England. It is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district. The mainly arable parish is 5,832 acres (2,360 ha) in size and contains many hamlets that nestle in amongst the lush forest on the surrounding hills.
The name comes from the stream which flows through the town, Celtic gwyn (white) and dwfr (water) due to the local chalky soil. In 970, it was Waendofron.
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