Wheeler End

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General
Wheeler End Common

A brief note about the area
The Lady in Red
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General

The name Wheeler End refers to the Wheeler family, who lived there. The Wheeler’s were once the main brewers of High Wycombe. The hamlet itself however is much older, dating back to the Anglo Saxon period.

Today Wheeler End is a collection of terraced and detached houses surrounding the village common. The Common and most of the arable land surrounding the properties in the hamlet are owned by the West Wycombe Estates of Sir Edward Dashwood.

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Wheeler End Common

In 1766 a young woman named Anna from Lane End tragically fell ill and died just ten days before she was due to be married. Anna had a love for the colour red and a few years later a ghost, known locally as The Lady in Red, was seen wandering around the country paths in the Park Lane area near The Brickmakers Arms. As the ghost wore red and red was Anna’s favourite colour everyone assumed it was Anna’s ghost. In the mid nineteenth century her ghost was regularly seen. It is also believed that she haunts Hanover Hill at nearby Bolter End.

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See also - Buckinghamshire - Bolter End - Hanover Hill