Buckingham
Buckingham is a town within Buckinghamshire. It is situated near to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. Based on the 2011 Census, the town boasts a population of 12,000. Buckingham is additionally a civil parish and a town council. The town was declared the county town of Buckinghamshire during the tenth century when it was declared the capital of the newly formed shire of Buckingham until Aylesbury took over this status early in the eighteenth century. Buckingham has a sizeable range of restaurants and pubs, typical of a small market town, and it in addition features a number of both independent and commercial chain local outlets. Buckingham's status as a market town was recorded in 1554 when it was granted a charter by Queen Mary and 1664 when another charter was granted by Charles II. The town continues to host two markets a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays, which take over Market Hill and the High Street cattle pens. Regular and casual market traders offer a considerable variety of goods, including fish, fruit and veg, bread, household goods, tools, flowers and clothes. As well as the markets, traders hold an Artisan Food Fair on the third Sunday of each month. The town is also home to many industrial estates and technology parks which house high tech companies in the pharmaceutical, electronic, foods and composite materials industries, for instance, Racelogic, Superchips and Wipac. Buckingham was home to the Thomas Rickett steam car, an innovative vehicle from 1860, though perceived to be ahead of its time and only two are thought to have been manufactured. For all of your property improvements, be certain that you employ vetted pros in Buckingham to ensure you get a good quality service at a competitive price.