The healthy, thriving town of Aylesbury is a wonder to behold and the county of Buckinghamshire should count its lucky blessings to possess such a lovely city within its limits. For one, Aylesbury is very old and thus is significant not only to Buckinghamshire but to the entire United Kingdom. Recently archeologists unearthed certain parts of the town and, to their astonishment, they discovered that the ruins they had stumbled upon dated back to 650 A.D. It was previously thought that Aylesbury was old but, well, not that old! The major discovery turned out to be a hill fort that was built fairly crudely and the fort fell right in with the Iron Age implements that were recovered in and around the area.
Aylesbury had clearly been settled for quite a while by the time many of England's most prominent towns first began to take root and grow. It was already a major market town during an era when many towns were just erecting their first abbeys. Part of this growth, though, had to do with something just as hallowed as the many churches that were heralding the anlage of what would be towns built around a domineering parish. It was in Aylesbury that the famed Catholic hero Saint Osyth was laid to rest. As the town in which there was the body of a man touched by God himself, Aylesbury no doubt benefited from the many pilgrims who would journey to the town and lay hands on the shrine commemorating the saint. There was also of course a church that went by the name of the Church of St. Mary and many experts in fact believe that the church was built over a Saxon burial ground. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is left up to the individual to decide but it is most likely that the souls beneath the soil are proud to have their earthly vessels entombed beneath a holy location.
Aylesbury grew in size and reputation through the coming centuries and by the time the Industrial Revolution struck there was no going back to the burgeoning city that Aylesbury once was. Interestingly enough, it wasn't heavy industry but printing and dairy manufacturing that made Aylesbury truly explode into prominence. Between the bookbinding businesses and the various dairy factories over half the town of Aylesbury found employment. To this day Aylesbury is still well known as a great place to live as well as a great place to work. The town has one of the lowest unemployment levels in all of Britain and, as if to pay homage to all that has populated Aylesbury's past, the town still holds a weekly market in the square as it has for so many countless centuries. It is truly comforting to know that there are still cities out there that respect and admire all the citizens of the past that have allowed today's citizens to stand where they are, proud among the fellow inhabitants of one of the finest cities in the world.
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