{{Short description|Village in Buckinghamshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Ibstone |static_image_name= TurvilleWindmill(AndrewSmith)Dec2006.jpg |static_image_caption= [[Cobstone Windmill]], Ibstone |coordinates= {{coord|51.6344|-0.9093|display=inline,title}} |population= 242 |population_ref= ([[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 Census]])<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Civil Parish population 2011 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11124959&c=Ibstone&d=16&e=62&g=6404839&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1479899243071&enc=1 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=23 November 2016}}</ref> |os_grid_reference= SU755935 |london_distance= |civil_parish= Ibstone |unitary_england= [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]] |lieutenancy_england= [[Buckinghamshire]] |region= South East England |country= England |post_town= HIGH WYCOMBE |postcode_area= HP |postcode_district= HP14 |dial_code= 01491 |constituency_westminster= [[Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)|Wycombe]] |website= [https://www.ibstone.org/ Ibstone Parish Council] }} '''Ibstone''' (previously '''Ipstone''') is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. The village is in the [[Chiltern Hills]] on the border with [[Oxfordshire]], about {{convert|2|mi|km}} south of [[Stokenchurch]]. The population of the parish at the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 Census]] was 242,<ref name="census2011"/> an increase from 237 at the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 Census]].<ref name="census2001">{{Cite web |title=Civil Parish population 2001 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792158&c=ibstone&d=16&e=15&g=425219&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216489101468&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123215242/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792158&c=ibstone&d=16&e=15&g=425219&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216489101468&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |archive-date=23 November 2016 |access-date=19 July 2008}}</ref>
The village name is [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] in origin and means 'Hibba's [[boundary marker|boundary stone]]', referring to the boundary with Oxfordshire. At the time of King [[Edward the Confessor]] the village was in the possession of Tovi, thane of the king, and was called ''Hibestanes''.
[[File:St Nicholas' Church, Ibstone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|left|St Nicholas's Church]] The [[parish]] church, dedicated to [[Saint Nicholas]], stands separate from the rest of the village; this is a common occurrence in places in this part of the country that had some standing in the pre-[[Roman Britain|Roman]] [[Celt]]ic period.
The village includes [[Cobstone Windmill]]. The windmill was built around 1816 and is unusual in that it is a twelve-sided smock mill, still housing some of its original machinery. It was converted into a residency during the 1950s and then refurbished after 1971. It was also used as Caractacus Potts' workshop in the 1968 film, ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' and seen in [[The New Avengers (TV series)|''The New Avengers'' (TV series)]] episode, ''The House of Cards''. The actress [[Hayley Mills]] and her film producer husband [[Roy Boulting]] owned the windmill and lived there in the early 1970s.
The politician [[Barbara Castle]] also lived in the village.
The common is an area of open access land and the standing stone (OS GR SU7507 9371) was erected for the Millennium -year 2000.
[[Johann Esch and Heinrich Voes|Ibstone]] is the name given to a hymn tune composed in 1875 by Maria C. Tiddeman (1837–1915), music professor in [[Oxford University]].<ref>{{cite journal |url = http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/t/i/d/tiddeman_m.htm |title = Maria Tiddeman 1837–1915 |magazine = Hymntime |access-date = 2012-10-07 |archive-date = 16 November 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121116181141/http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/t/i/d/tiddeman_m.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref>
==See also== *[[Wormsley Park]]
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==External links== {{Commons category|Ibstone}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031753/http://www.stoken-church.co.uk/ibstonehome.htm St Nicholas' Church]
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