Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire's county town is Aylesbury (/ˈeɪlzbəri/ AYLZ-bər-ee). Had a fortress or castle "of some importance, from which circumstance it derives its Saxon appellation", one of the ancient Britons strongholds was Aylesbury, from whom, in the year 571, it was taken by King of the West Saxons, brother of Ceawlin, Cutwulph. In 1529, King Henry VIII declared Aylesbury Buckinghamshire's county town: Aylesbury Manor, belonging to the father of Anne Boleyn, Thomas Boleyn, was among the many properties and it is rumoured that the change was made by the King to curry favour with the family.
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