Little Linford

Little Linford
Little Linford
 Little Linford shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid referenceSP842443
Civil parishHaversham-cum-Little Linford
Unitary authorityMilton Keynes
Ceremonial countyBuckinghamshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district MK19
Dialling code 01908
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentMilton Keynes North
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Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°05′28″N 0°46′19″W / 52.091°N 0.772°W / 52.091; -0.772Little Linford is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about a mile west of Newport Pagnell, near the M1 motorway. Unlike its neighbour and namesake Great Linford it has yet to be joined up with Milton Keynes.

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. The prefix 'Little' was added to distinguish it from Great Linford.

Civil parish

Little Linford is in the civil parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford (where the 2011 Census population was included),[1] which also includes Haversham, and had a population of 803 according to the 2001 census. This merged parish was formed in 1934.

Little Linford Wood

Linford Wood is now owned by BBOWT. Today it is one of the best habitats for dormice, which were transferred to Linford Wood from Kent when the Channel rail link was constructed.

References

  1. ↑ Parishes in Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Council.

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