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Bubby Jones Norman "Bubby" Jones (born June 5, 1941, Danville, Illinois), is a former driver in the USAC Sprint Car series, with 22 victories, and a member of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, inducted in 1998. He also raced in the USAC Championship Car series, in the 1977-1978 seasons, with 2 career starts, including the 1977 Indianapolis 500.
Bubi Also known as the Bantu Speaking Bubi, the Bubi People are an African ethnic group, members of the Bantu stock, who are were indigenous to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Once the majority group in the region, the Bubi have, since the end of Spanish rule over Bioko, been outnumbered - first by Fernandinos (the descendants of liberated slaves who mixed with settlers of British West Africa) and then by members of the Fang ethnic group, who have immigrated in large numbers from mainland Equatorial Guinea.
Bubo A bubo is a swelling of the lymph nodes, found in an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis. According to historical records they were also characteristic of the pandemic responsible for the Black Death and perhaps other ancient pandemics.
Bubs Bubs is a character in the Homestar Runner series of animated cartoons. The businessman of the series, Bubs runs the concession stand on the side of the sports field, serves as a handyman, and claims to be a good dancer.
Bubsy Bubsy was the star character in a series of video games released by Accolade for the SNES, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari Jaguar, the PC and PlayStation in the early and mid-1990s. The character has been voiced by Rob Paulsen, who is best known for portraying Yakko Warner from the Animaniacs.
Bubusara Beyshenalieva Bubusara Beyshenalieva () (1926-1973), known simply as Bubusara in her native Kyrgyzstan, was the first great Kyrgyz ballerina. She studied at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Leningrad under the legendary Russian ballerina Agrippina Vaganova and made her debut at the famed Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Buc-Wheats Cereal Buc Wheats Cereal - General Mills produced a boxed cereal by the name of "Buc Wheats." The cereal flakes were toasted flakes of wheat(originally also with buckwheat) with a nice maple flavored glaze baked onto them.
Buca di Beppo Buca di Beppo is an American restaurant chain specializing in immigrant Southern Italian food. The name roughly translates as "Joe's Basement" (Beppo is slang for Joe in Southern Italy and Buca means basement in Italian).
Bucca Bucca is the name of a Cornish sea or fertility diety, transformed in post pagan times to the status of sprite. Because the town of Newlyn has long being associated with Bucca's veneration people sometimes resident in Newlyn are known as Buccas.
Bucca tornado The Bucca tornado was one of the most violent tornadoes ever observed in Australia, rated F4 on the Fujita scale. It occurred near the township of Bucca (near Bundaberg) in Queensland on 29 November 1992 at around 2:30pm.
Buccal exostosis Buccal exostosis is the formation of bone masses on the outer, facial side, of the upper jaw just above the teeth or the facial side of the lower jaw. Formation on the lower jaw occurs much less commonly than on the upper jaw.
Buccal organ Buccal organs, also known as bucal suckers, are present in worm parasites of the order Mazocraeidea. They are known to have muscular, glandular, and sensory components thought to play some role in blood feeding.
Buccal space The buccal space is the area between the cheek and gums, or between the teeth and the buccal mucosa or buccal membrane. Certain medications are designed to be given bucally (as opposed to orally or sublingually).
Buccaneer (baseball mascot) The Buccaneer was a secondary mascot used by the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball club during their 1995 season. While the team's primary mascot, the Pirate Parrot, wore an elaborate costume with a prosthetic head and molded frame, the Buccaneer was simply a man in pirate's garb who led the crowd in organized cheers.
Buccellarii The Buccellarii were a kind of soldiers kept by the Greek Emperors, in the provinces and countries, so called for being substituted by the Emperor, or because he was at the expense of their eating. The Buccellarii, in the army where the Emperor commanded, marched before and behind him, as his guard.
Buccinator muscle The Buccinator is a thin quadrilateral muscle, occupying the interval between the maxilla and the mandible at the side of the face. Its action is to pull back the angle of the mouth and to flatten the cheek area.
Bucellarii Bucellarii is a term for a unit of soldiers in the late Roman and Byzantine empire, that were not supported by the state but rather by some individual such as a general or governor. These units were generally quite small, but, especially during the many civil wars, they could grow to number several thousand men.
Bucentaur The Bucentaur (from Venetian bucintoro) was the state galley of the doges of Venice, on which, every year on Ascension Day up to 1789, they put out to the Adriatic in order to perform the ceremony of wedding Venice to the sea.
Bucerotiformes Bucerotiformes is an order of birds containing two familes of hornbills - Bucerotidae (54 species of hornbill in tropical Asia and sub-saharan Africa) and Bucorvidae (two species of Ground-hornbill in Africa). The order was created after considering DNA evidence.
Bucium The Bucium (also called trâmbiĹŁÄ or tulnic) is a type of Alpenhorn used by mountain dwellers in Romania. Of Dacian origin, it was used in the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia as signaling devices in military conflicts.
Buck 65 Richard Terfry, better known as Buck 65, is a Canadian Hip Hop artist, MC and Turntablist, although recently he has moved away from Hip Hop in a stylistic context, now attributing more of his sound to Blues, Country, Rock, Folk and Avant Garde genres. That said, his new direction is seemingly still underpinned by an extensive background in abstract Hip Hop, his trademark rhyme-phrasing and lyrical presentation even evident in his altered timbre vocal exuperations displayed in more recent releases.
Buck and ball Buck and ball was a common load for muzzle-loading muskets, and was very commonly used in the early days of the American Civil War. The load consisted of a full caliber round lead ball combined with three buckshot pellets.
Buck and doe A buck and doe is a party where the families of the bride and groom (or in the case of a same sex marriage, the two future life partners) raise funds for the upcoming wedding. Games like crown and anchor are used and people have to pay for beer in order to offset the costs of the wedding and honeymoon.
Buck Belue Buck Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. He was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, when the team was 12-0 and, after beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, was named the consesus national champion.
Buck Boucher George "Buck" Boucher (August 19, 1896 – October 17, 1960) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, and Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League.
Buck Brannaman Buck Brannaman is a prominent advocate of natural horsemanship, the philosophy of working with a horses' natural instinct and responses rather than against them. started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over.
Buck Buchanan Award The Buck Buchanan Award is presented annually to the nation's outstanding Division I-AA college football defensive player. When it was instituted in 1995, the Walter Payton Award, previously awarded to the top I-AA player, was restricted to offensive players.
Buck converter A buck converter is a step-down DC to DC converter. Its design is similar to the step-up boost converter, and like the boost converter is a switched-mode power supply that uses two switches (a transistor and a diode) and an inductor and a capacitor.
Buck Clayton Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas on November 12, 1911-died in New York City on December 8, 1991) was an American jazz trumpet player, fondly remembered for being a leading member of Count Basie’s 'Old Testament' orchestra and leader of mainstream orientated jam session recordings in the 1950s. His principal influence was
Buck Dharma Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser (born November 12 1947, in Long Island, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a member of Blue Ă–yster Cult since the group's formation in 1967. He wrote and performed on many of the band's best-known hits, including "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and "Burnin' For You" (originally intended for one of Roeser's solo albums.
Buck Ewing William "Buck" Ewing (October 17 1859 - October 20 1906) was a 19th century Major League Baseball player and manager, and is widely regarded as the best catcher of his era and is often argued to be the best player of the 19th century. He was born in Hoagland, Ohio.
Buck Freeman John Frank "Buck" Freeman (October 30 1871 – June 25 1949) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Freeman was one of the top sluggers of his era, his most famous feat being the 25 home runs he scored during the 1899 season.
Buck Godot Buck Godot is a science fiction/comedy comic book series, collected in two graphic novels (Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire and Buck Godot: PSmIth) and assorted comic books, including the eight-issue "Gallimaufry" series, all drawn and written by their creator, Phil Foglio.
Buck Herzog Charles Lincoln "Buck" Herzog (July 9 1885 - September 4 1953) was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for four National League clubs between 1908 and 1920. He played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago Cubs.
Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge The Buck Hill Covered Bridge, Eichelberger's Covered Bridge, or Abram Hess's Mill Bridge is a covered bridge located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the Buck Hill Farm's pond on private property.
Buck Institute for Age Research The Buck Institute for Age Research is the nation's first independent biomedical research institute devoted solely to research on aging and age-related disease. The mission of the Buck Institute is to extend the healthspan, the healthy years of life.
Buck Johnson Buck Johnson (born January 3, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Houston Rockets in the 1st round (20th overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft. A 6'7" forward from the University of Alabama, Johnson played in 7 NBA seasons from 1986 to 1993.
Buck Jones Buck Jones (born Charles Gebhart, December 4, 1889, Vincennes, Indiana; died November 30, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, best known for his work starring in many popular western movies. In his early film appearances, he was billed as Charles Jones.
Buck knife A buck knife (or buck-knife) is a kind of folding lock-blade knife, meaning a knife whose blade folds into its handle, as with a common pocket knife, but locks into place when opened, so that it cannot close unless the release is pressed.
Buck Martinez John Albert "Buck" Martinez (born November 7, 1948 in Redding, California) is a former catcher, manager and is currently a play-by-play commentator in Major League Baseball. He also managed the American national team at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.
Buck Moth The Buck Moth is a rare pine barrens insect that always has portion of its population remaining underground in the pupal stage. If adults, caterpillars and eggs are destroyed by fire the Buck Moth population is re-established by the underground colony.
Buck Mulligan Malachi "Buck" Mulligan is a fictional character in James Joyce's novel Ulysses. At once callous and complex, Mulligan is a Falstaffian student of medicine who has offended Stephen Dedalus by calling his mother "beastly dead.
Buck naked Dating from the 1920s, the expression buck naked commonly means completely naked or without a "stitch" (as opposed to partially naked). Synonyms include "bare naked", "buck-arse naked", and "butt naked" (also spelled, facetiously, "butt nekkid").
Buck Naked Buck Naked was the Barenaked Ladies' first indie tape release, with just Ed Robertson and Steven Page. It was released in 1989, before Barenaked Lunch (also known as the Pink Tape) in 1990, and the Yellow Tape in 1991.
Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys were a San Francisco, California based band (originally from Omaha, Nebraska) whose music, in a rockabilly vein, was dubbed "pornobilly" thanks to their lyrics and song titles. Buck Naked (whose real name was Phillip Bury) himself used to turn up on stage wearing only cowboy boots, a cowboy hat, a guitar, and a strategically placed toilet plunger.
Buck O'Neil John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American first baseman and manager in Negro league baseball, most notably in the Negro American League with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball, and also worked as a scout.
Buck Rogers Buck Rogers is a fictional character that began in 1928 as Anthony Rogers, the hero of two novellas by Philip Francis Nowlan published in the magazine Amazing Stories. Rogers is best known from the long-running newspaper comic strip.
Buck Rogers (song) Buck Rogers was the first single released from British rock band Feeder's 2001 album "Echo Park". It reached #5 in the UK charts, the group's first top 10 single and their highest placed single ever until it was equalled in 2005 by "Tumble And Fall" (although it should be pointed out that competition in the singles chart was much stiffer in 2001, as downloads had yet to fully take off).
Buck Shaw Lawrence T. (Buck) Shaw (March 28, 1899 to March 19, 1977) was a football coach for Santa Clara University, the University of California, Berkeley, the San Francisco 49ers, the Air Force Academy (its first Varsity coach) and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Buck Shaw Stadium Buck Shaw Stadium is a 6,800 seat multipurpose stadium at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The stadium is the current home of the Santa Clara Broncos soccer teams and was the former home of the now defunct Santa Clara football team as well as the Santa Clara baseball team.
Buck Showalter William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter (born May 23, 1956 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida) is a former professional baseball player and manager. His most recent managerial position was with the Texas Rangers from 2002-2006.
Buck Street Market Buck Street Market is one of the six markets which together comprise the retail area known as Camden Market in the Camden Town district of London, England. It is a permanent open air market and is open seven days a week.
Buck the World Buck The World is Young Buck's sophomore album which is scheduled for release March 20th, 2007 The first single off the album is I Know You Want Me] which is produced by and featured [[Jazze Pha. The second single is called Get Bucked and is produced by Polow Da Don.
Buck Trent Charles Wilburn "Buck" Trent (born February 17, 1938) is an American country music instrumentalist. He invented the electric Banjo and also plays the 5-string Banjo, Dobro, Steel Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Bass and Guitar.
Buck Weaver George Daniel "Buck" Weaver (August 18 1890 - January 31 1956) was an American shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He is probably best known for his connection to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
Buck Wolf Buck Wolf is the entertainment producer at ABCNEWS.com, where he writes "The Wolf Files", a weekly pop culture report that can also be heard regularly on several ABC radio stations across the country.
Buck's Pocket State Park Buck's Pocket State Park is located in Northeast Alabama near Grove Oak, Alabama and Guntersville Lake, and is the lowest point east of the Mississippi River. This secluded 2,000 acre (8 km²) park is in a natural pocket of the Appalachian Mountain chain.
Buck-boost converter The buck-boost converter is a type of DC-DC converter that has an output voltage magnitude that is either greater than or less than the input voltage magnitude. It is a switch mode power supply with a similar circuit topology to the boost converter and the buck converter.
Buck-boost transformer The term buck-boost (often spelled different ways) refers to a transformer that makes small adjustments to the incoming voltage for equipment that is in use. These are used in several industries, including in more advanced uninterruptible power supply units (UPS) for computers and in the tanning bed industry.
Buck-O-Nine Buck-O-Nine is an American ska punk band which was formed in San Diego, California, in 1991. band's first release was a twelve song demo tape entitled Buck Naked and featured a cartoon drawing by then drummer Steve Bauer, depicting a naked deer sheepishly covering its private parts.
Buckaroo Banzai Buckaroo Banzai is the lead character, played by Peter Weller, of the eponymous 1984 cult film, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. A renaissance man, the character is a top neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, rock star and comic book hero, and in the film, probably the last hope of the human race.
Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry is a live recording of a rehearsal by The Residents prior to their Cube-E tour. This recording consists of the first two-thirds of the performance, encompassing "cowboy music" and "slave music".
Buckberry Lodge Buckberry Lodge is an all-suite luxury hotel located above Gatlinburg, Tennessee designed after the "Great Camps" of the Adirondacks in Upstate New York. Located in the pristine beauty of the surrounding Smoky Mountains, Buckberry features the areas only outdoor dining with majestic views of Mt.
Bucket A bucket, also called a pail, is a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. Buckets have been used since very ancient times, mainly for transporting water from a fountain or well into permanent reservoirs such as water holes and barrels.
Bucket and spade Bucket and spade sets are traditional British seaside paraphernalia that can be bought cheaply from any beachside vendor. They usually consist of a small plastic bucket with a handle and a small shovel, both of which can be decorated with a variety of bright colours and patterns.
Bucket argument Isaac Newton's rotating bucket argument attempts to show that true rotational motion cannot be defined as the relative rotation of the body with respect to the immediately surrounding bodies. It is one of five arguments from the "properties, causes, and effects" of true motion and rest that support his contention that, in general, true motion and rest cannot be defined as special instances of motion or rest relative to other bodies, but instead can be defined only by reference to absolute space.
Bucket brigade A Bucket brigade is a method for transporting items where items are passed from one stationary person to the next. More specifically, it refers to a method of firefighting before the advent of hand pumped fire engines, whereby firefighters would pass buckets to each other to extinguish a blaze.
Bucket elevator A bucket elevator, also called a grain leg, is a mechanism for hauling flowable bulk materials (most often grain or fertilizer) vertically. Early bucket elevators used a flat chain with small, steel buckets attached every few inches.
Bucket sort Bucket sort, or bin sort, is a sorting algorithm that works by partitioning an array into a finite number of buckets. Each bucket is then sorted individually, either using a different sorting algorithm, or by recursively applying the bucket sorting algorithm.
Bucket-wheel excavator Bucket-wheel excavators are heavy equipment used in surface mining and civil engineering. They are among the largest vehicles ever constructed, and the biggest bucket-wheel excavator ever built, the MAN Takraf RB293, is the largest terrestrial vehicle in human history.
Buckethead Buckethead, (born Brian Carroll), is an American guitarist and composer. With his signature white plastic mask and KFC bucket, Carroll created a persona in order to emphasize his music over his personal identity.
Buckeye Battle Cry Buckeye Battle Cry is one of two fight songs of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Every football game in Ohio Stadium begins with Ramp entrance by The Ohio State University Marching Band, performed to Buckeye Battle Cry.
Buckeye Leadership Society The Buckeye Leadership Society, also known as BLS, is a honorary leadership organization at the Ohio State University in Ohio in the United States. Established on campus in late 2004, it currently has over 700 members.
Buckeye NutHouse The Buckeye NutHouse is the student section of the Ohio State University's NCAA men's basketball team. As a division of Block "O", they cheer on the Buckeyes from behind the basket at Value City Arena.
Buckeye Pipe Line Buckeye Pipe Line, headquartered in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, United States, is one of the primary distributors of petroleum in the eastern and mid-western portions of the United States. Buckeye manages 3800 miles of petroleum pipeline distribution in these areas.
Buckeye Valley Local School District The Buckeye Valley Local School District is located in Delaware, Ohio and is made up primarily of students from the Ashley, Ostrander and Radnor areas. The district currently consists of three elementary schools (East in Ashley, West in Ostrander and North in Radnor), one middle school and one high school.
Buckeye, Colorado Buckeye is a small rural unincorporated community in northeastern Larimer County, Colorado. The community consists of several farmhouses and ranches clustered around a grain silo along County Road 80 northwest of Wellington.
Buckfast Abbey Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, Devon, England is one of a small number of monasteries active in Britain today. It was founded in 1018, dedicated to Saint Mary, and run by the Cistercian order from 1147 until it was destroyed under the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Buckfast Tonic Wine Buckfast Tonic Wine, commonly known as Buckfast, Buckie or Bucky is a tonic wine produced by Buckfast Abbey in Devon, south west England. The wine was first produced in 1890s by the Benedictine monks at Buckfast Abbey using a recipe brought over from France.
Buckfastleigh Buckfastleigh is a small market town in Devon, England on the A38 at the edge of Dartmoor National Park. It is part of Teignbridge District Council and (for ecclesiastical purposes) lies within the Totnes Deanery.
Buckie Thistle F.C. Buckie Thistle are a senior football club, based in the town of Buckie, Banffshire, who currently play in Scotland's Highland Football League. Founded in 1889, they are also known as The Jags and play their football at Victoria Park, in Buckie.
Bucking Bucking is a movement performed by a horse in which the animal lowers his head and raises his hindquarters into the air, usually while kicking out with his hind legs. If powerful, it may unseat the rider enough so that he or she falls off.
Bucking Broadway Bucking Broadway is a 1917 film by John Ford, probably his sixth feature film. Long thought to be lost, along with about 60 of Ford's 70 silent films, it was found in 2002 in the archives of the CNC (the French National Center for Cinematography).
Buckingham (automobile) The Buckingham was an English automobile manufactured in Coventry from 1914 until 1923. A bullnosed, belt-driven cyclecar, it was designed by Captain Buckingham, inventor of the tracer bullet; unsurprisingly, the coupe version was called the "Palace".
Buckingham Arm The Buckingham Arm is a canal that once ran from Cosgrove, Northamptonshire to Buckingham (in England). The arm is closed at present, with the exception of a short stretch (about 100 metres) running westwards from the junction with the Grand Union Canal at Cosgrove.
Buckingham Branch Railroad Buckingham Branch Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad operating over 200 miles (322 km) of historic and strategic trackage in Central Virginia. Sharing overhead traffic with CSX and Amtrak, the company's headquarters are in Dillwyn, Virginia in the former Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (C&O) station, itself a historic landmark in the community.
Buckingham Canal The Buckingham Canal is a 420 km long salt water navigation canal, running parallel to the Coromandel Coast of South India from the Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh to Villupuram District in Tamil Nadu. The canal connects most of the natural backwaters along the coast to the port of Chennai (Madras).
Buckingham π theorem The Buckingham π theorem is a key theorem in dimensional analysis. The theorem loosely states that if we have a physically meaningful equation involving a certain number, n, of physical variables, and these variables are expressible in terms of k independent fundamental physical quantities, then the original expression is equivalent to an equation involving a set of p = n ⒠k dimensionless variables constructed from the original variables.
Buckingham Lake Buckingham Lake, commonly referred to as Buckingham Pond or Rafts Pond, is a body of water located in a residential area of Albany, New York. It has a surface area of five acres and a mean depth of three feet.
Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. The Palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, a base for many officially visiting Heads of State, and a major tourist attraction.
Buckingham Palace Conference The Buckingham Palace Conference, sometimes referred to as the Buckingham Palace Conference on Ireland, was a conference called in Buckingham Palace in 1914 by King George V of the United Kingdom to which the leaders of Irish Nationalism and Irish Unionism were invited to discuss plans to introduce Home Rule to Ireland and avert what a feared civil war on the issue.
Buckingham Palace Garden Buckingham Palace Garden or, to give it its full title, "The Garden at Buckingham Palace", is generally referred to as the Garden. Situated at the rear of Buckingham Palace, it covers much of the area of the former "Goring Great Garden", named after Lörd Göring, occupant of one of the earliest grand houses on the site.
Buckingham School (Florida) The Buckingham School (also known as the Twelve Mile Stream or Orange Creek or Orange River School) is a historic schoolhouse in Buckingham, Florida, United States. It is located at Buckingham and Cemetery Roads.
Buckingham, Quebec Buckingham, Quebec was a city located in the Outaouais region of the province of Quebec. Since 2002, it has been part of the amalgamated city of Gatineau which combined 5 former municipalities, including Masson-Angers, Buckingham, Hull, Aylmer and Gatineau, into a single entity.
Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
Buckinghamshire County Museum The Buckinghamshire County Museum is a museum in the centre of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, England. It displays artefacts pertinent to the history of Buckinghamshire including geological displays, costume, agriculture and industry.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station, in the far depths of "Metro-land", about 5 miles (8 Km) west of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.
Buckland, Oxfordshire Buckland is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of the English county of Oxfordshire (though formerly in Berkshire). According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 285.
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