Editing Buckinghamshire (section)

==History==
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[[File:Buckingham-215x334.jpg|thumb|left|Map of Bucks (1904)]]
The name Buckinghamshire is [[Old English language|Anglo-Saxon]] in origin and means ''The district (scire) of Bucca's home''. ''Bucca's home'' refers to [[Buckingham]] in the north of the county, and is named after the Anglo-Saxon landowner, ''[[Bucca (founder of Buckingham)|Bucca]]''. The county has been so named since about the 12th century; however, the county has existed since it was a subdivision of the kingdom of [[Mercia]] (585–919).

The history of the area predates the Anglo-Saxon period and the county has a rich history starting from the [[Celtic Britons|Brittonic]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] periods,{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}  though the Anglo-Saxons perhaps had the greatest impact on Buckinghamshire: the geography of the rural county is largely as it was in the Anglo-Saxon period. Later, Buckinghamshire became an important political arena, with [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]] intervening in local politics in the 16th century, and just a century later the [[English Civil War]] was reputedly started by [[John Hampden]] in mid-Bucks.<ref name="Biography of John Hampden">{{Cite web |title=Biography of John Hampden |url=http://www.johnhampden.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908134006/http://www.johnhampden.org/ |archive-date=8 September 2010 |access-date=19 September 2010 |publisher=Johnhampden.org }}</ref>

Historically, the biggest change to the county came in the 19th century, when a combination of [[cholera]] and [[famine]] hit the rural county, forcing many to migrate to larger towns to find work. Not only did this alter the local economic situation, it meant a lot of land was going cheap at a time when the rich were more mobile, and leafy Bucks became a popular rural idyll: an image it still has today. Buckinghamshire is a popular home for London commuters, leading to greater local affluence; however, some pockets of relative deprivation remain.<ref name="WLAP">{{Cite web |date=October 2008 |title=High Wycombe Local Community Area Profile |url=http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/assets/content/bcc/docs/research/area_profiles/Wycombe2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606165628/http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/assets/content/bcc/docs/research/area_profiles/Wycombe2008.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2012 |publisher=[[Buckinghamshire County Council]] }}</ref>

The expansion of London and coming of the railways promoted the growth of towns in the south of the county such as [[Aylesbury]], [[Amersham]] and [[High Wycombe]], leaving the town Buckingham itself to the north in a relative backwater.<ref name="About Buckingham UoB">{{Cite web |title=About Buckingham |url=http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/history/town |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910190131/http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/about/history/town |archive-date=10 September 2015 |access-date=15 December 2015 |website=University of Buckingham }}</ref> As a result, most county institutions are now based in the south of the county or [[Milton Keynes]], rather than in Buckingham.