West Wycombe
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West Wycombe is a small village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, known for its manor houses and hills. It is 3 miles west of High Wycombe.
The Mausoleum on West Wycombe Hill
A gold, Bronze Age penannular ring found in West Wycombe in 1985
St Lawrence's Church with its golden ball
The Swan pub
Hellfire Club
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Hellfire Club was a term used to describe several exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Great Britain and Ireland in the 18th century. The name most commonly refers to Francis Dashwood
West Wycombe
…and St Lawrence's Church were all constructed in the mid-18th century by Sir Francis Dashwood, founder of the Dilettanti Society and co-founder of the Hellfire Club. The hill above West Wycombe (now the site of St Lawrence's Church and the Mausoleum) has been continuously inhabited for centuries. A Bronze Age…
c. 1735 painting of the Dublin Hellfire Club's members
Portrait of Sir Francis Dashwood by William Hogarth