Oakley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It has an area of 2,206 acres and includes about 400 households. The 2021 Census recorded the population as 1,128. At one time it was thought Oakley held a rare double distinction, in that a Victoria Cross recipient, Edward Brooks, and a Medal of Honor recipient, James J. Pym, were both born in th…Oakley is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. It has an area of 2,206 acres and includes about 400 households. The 2021 Census recorded the population as 1,128. At one time it was thought Oakley held a rare double distinction, in that a Victoria Cross recipient, Edward Brooks, and a Medal of Honor recipient, James J. Pym, were both born in the village. However, the latter, a namesake of a contemporary James Pym from Oakley, has been found to be from Garsington, a village 10 miles away in Oxfordshire.
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