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Denham is a Village in Buckinghamshire , England . It is located just north west of Uxbridge , at junction 1 of the M40 . The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means "homestead in a valley". It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Deneham''. The Parish church is dedicated to St Mary . It has a flint and stone Norman tower and Tudor monuments. The very attractive tree lined High Street (formerly Village Road) includes several old red brick houses with giant Wisteria s on them and has been used as a location in British films and TV. Housing growth has over the years created several more parts of Denham. Modern day Denham consists of:
The current eastern boundary with the London Borough Of Hillingdon is aligned with the Grand Union Canal. A Boundary Commission proposal to reassign to Hillingdon the area of Denham which lies east of the A412 and south of the A40 / M40 was not implemented. The Royal Mail sort Denham's letters in Uxbridge sorting office so Denham comes under the Uxbridge Post Town . Uxbridge was in the former postal county of Middlesex which meant addresses took the form of "Denham, UXBRIDGE, Middlesex". Since 1996 the former postal county no longer forms part of postal addresses in the UK, but many organisations hold the details in their postcode databases and continue to use them, to the confusion of delivery drivers. Denham is twinned with Denham in Shark Bay , Western Australia . FAMOUS INHABITANTS
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