About Bradenham
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The picturesque village of Bradenham is situated four miles north-west of High Wycombe and four and a half miles south of Princes Risborough. It lies in a valley through the Chilterns, just off the main High Wycombe to Princes Risborough road.
Bradenham Woods Lane leads passes passed the Red Lion public house, Manor Farm and the Old Forge, a reminder of former days, to reach the spacious Village Green. The majority of the cottages, mostly constructed of brick and flint, border the northern edge of the Green. Situated at the upper or eastern end of the Green is the Church and Manor House. Standing side by side in a prominent position, against a backcloth of beechwoods that preside over the whole Village.
Long ago Saxon settlers made their home in this corner of the Saunderton valley, building a Church on the site of the current church. The name probably derives from "Brada's homestead" or "broad valley home". The earliest part of the present Parish Church, dedicated to St. Botolph, is the nave, dating from 1100. The southern doorway is of the same date, protected by a modern porch, and is reputedly the oldest church doorway in Buckinghamshire. The remainder of the building dates from the fourteenth century onwards, the north chapel being added in 1542.
In the medieval tower hang two of the oldest bells in England. They bear the inscription "Michael de Wymbis me fecit." The company was producing bells in Norman England and still flourished about 1300 when these were cast. It has been suggested they were not made for Bradenham, but were probably purchased second hand from another local Church. They are regarded as being two of the very few remaining bells by this founder. The Church contains a tablet to Isaac Disraeli and his wife, both of whom lie at rest here.
To the south of the Church stands the Manor House, with its large gardens, overlooking the cricket square on the Village Green. The western entrance gates are imposing, with accompanying railings and piers. The present building, of red brick, tall sash windows, steep tiled roofs with small dormer windows and a row of slender brick chimneys, dates from the mid seventeenth century. This house is thought to include elements of an older, original building of 1540. The seventeenth century rebuilding was probably undertaken by Sir Edmund Pye and his wife Catherine, whose coat of arms appear inside the house.
Edward entertained Queen Elizabeth I in great splendour at Bradenham in 1566, on her return from visiting the University of Oxford. A contemporary report records the Queen staying overnight at Great Hampden, before progressing next day to Bradenham.