Meaning: hill spur of Ifa’s people .

Sir Walter Scott took the name Ivanhoe for his famous novel from this village. There is a 13th to 14th century church noted for its carved nave pillars. Some 2500 acres of the neighbouring treeless Chiltern Hills are National Trust property and include the fine viewpoint of Ivinghoe Beacon. Pitstone Post Mill is a completely restored building, which dates from 1627 and forms a local landmark .