Stow, Buckinghamshire

Stowe
Parish church of the Assumption of the Blesséd Virgin Mary
Stowe Stowe shown within Buckinghamshire
Population	886 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SP6836
Civil parish	Stowe
District	Aylesbury Vale
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Buckingham
Postcode district	MK18
Dialling code	01280
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Buckingham
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52°01′05″N 1°01′01″W / 52.018°N 1.017°W / 52.018; -1.017Coordinates: 52°01′05″N 1°01′01″W / 52.018°N 1.017°W / 52.018; -1.017

Stowe is a civil parish and former village about 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Boycott, Dadford and Lamport.

Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish and is occupied by Stowe School.

Stowe's toponym probably refers to an ancient holy place of great significance in Anglo-Saxon times. The manor of Stowe predates the Norman conquest of England. The Domesday Book of 1086 assessed the manor at five hides. It listed William the Conqueror's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux as the manor's feudal overlord and the Norman brothers-in-arms Robert D'Oyly and Roger d'Ivry as his tenants. D'Oyly founded Oxford Castle and he and d'Ivry founded a college of secular canons there. Not long after 1086 the manor of Stowe was transferred to the college's endowment, confirmed by a charter of Henry I in 1130.