All Saints Church, Middleton

Middleton is a district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,720^[1]. The district is centred on Milton Keynes Village, the village that gave its name to the 'New City' of Milton Keynes, which began to be developed during the late 1960s.

The village was originally known as Middeltone (11th cent.); then later as Middelton Kaynes, Caynes (13th cent.); Milton Keynes (15th cent.); Milton alias Middelton Gaynes (17th cent.).^[2] After the Norman invasion, the de Cahaines family held the manor from 1166 to the late 13th century as well as others in the country (Ashton Keynes, Somerford Keynes, and Horsted Keynes). During this time the village became known as Middleton de Keynes eventually shortening to Milton Keynes. ^[3]

The original core village of the district has retained its "Milton Keynes" road signs and has an attractive collection of rural village houses and a thatched pub. It is now known as "Milton Keynes Village".

[edit] Civil parish

After the development of Milton Keynes (the 'city'), the district in which the original village lies, and after which it was named, has become known as Middleton again. However, the civil parish is still formally called Milton Keynes, and has a joint parish council with Broughton, Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council.^[4] (The civil parish for the new centre is called "Central Milton Keynes").

[edit] External links

• Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council web site.

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 52°02′32″N 0°42′17″W / 52.0422°N 0.7047°W / 52.0422; -0.7047