Little Linford

Little Linford
Little Linford
	Little Linford Little Linford Location within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SP842443
Civil parish	Haversham-cum-Little Linford;
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes;
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district	MK19
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Milton Keynes North;
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52°05′28″N 0°46′19″W / 52.091°N 0.772°W

Little Linford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford,^[1] in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Located near the M1 motorway, the village is about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Newport Pagnell and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Central Milton Keynes. The village is separated from its neighbour and namesake Great Linford (and the rest of the Milton Keynes urban area) by the floodplain of the River Great Ouse. In 1931 the parish had a population of 45.^[2] On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Haversham to form "Haversham cum Little Linford".^[3]

Little Linford was initially a hamlet in the manor and ecclesiastical parish of Linford. The parish church is dedicated to St Leonard.

The traditional parish name 'Linford' is an Old English language word that means 'ford where maple trees grow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Linforde.^[4] The prefix 'Little' was added to distinguish it from Great Linford.

Little Linford Wood[edit]

Little Linford Wood is owned by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Today it is one of the best habitats for dormice, which were transferred to Little Linford Wood from Kent when the Channel Tunnel rail link was being constructed.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Contact your parish or town council". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^ "Population statistics Little Linford CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Little Linford CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
^ William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Little Linford". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 392–395.
^ "Little Linford Wood". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

External links[edit]

Media related to Little Linford at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Contact your parish or town council". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

[2] "Population statistics Little Linford CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

[3] "Relationships and changes Little Linford CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

[4] William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Little Linford". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 392–395.

[5] "Little Linford Wood". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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