Studienorte - Master in Furniture Design & Technology

Lynn Jones

High Wycombe

Großbritannien

High Wycombe is mostly an unparished area in the Wycombe district. Part of the urban area constitutes a civil parish of Chepping Wycombe, which had a population of 14,455 according to the 2001 census - this parish represents that part of the ancient parish of Chepping Wycombe which was outside the former municipal borough of Wycombe.
Wycombe is a combination of industrial and market town. There has been a market held in the High Street since Medieval times. There is also a craft market found in between the Octagon shopping centre and the bus station.
The town has always had a presence of industry, which in the 17th century exceeded the market town and now Wycombe remains more industrial in character. An interesting and individual custom of High Wycombe is that it is the only place in the world that weighs its Mayors.
Quite surprisingly for a town in "Leafy Buckinghamshire" Wycombe contains some considerably deprived areas.[