Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Historical Description
Milton Keynes, a village and a parish in Bucks. The village stands near the river Ouzel, 1½ mile W of the boundary with Beds, 3½ miles N from Fenny Stratford station on the Bedford and Bletchley branch of the L. & N.W.R.,and 3½ S by E of Newport Pagnell, and has a post office under Newport Pagnell; money order and telegraph office, Newport Pagnell. The parish comprises 1909 acres; population, 207. The manor belongs to the Finch family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £350 with residence. The church is a fine building of stone in the Decorated st}le, and consists of nave, chancel, and chapel, with porch and tower. It has a brass of 1427. Bishop Atterbury was a native, and that prelate's father and Dr Wotton, author of "Reflections on Ancient and Modern Learning," were rectors.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Buckinghamshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Milton or Middleton Keynes All Saints | |
| Hundred | Newport | |
| Poor Law union | Newport-Pagnell |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1559.
Churches
Church of England
All Saints (parish church)
The church of All Saints is a building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel with north aisle, nave, south porch, and a tower on the north side containing a clock and 6 bells; the sixth treble bell was added in 1935: there are sedilia and piscina, with detached shafts, and rich open tracery in the heads: the north chancel aisle, separated from the chancel by an arcade with circular piers and moulded caps and bases, has a piscina and also a very remarkable low-side window on either side of the doorway: the porch is one of the most striking parts of the church, its inner doorway having rich hanging tracery and other parts the ball flower ornament: the sides are open and divided into three compartments by circular shafts, above which is open tracery: in the church are interred the remains of Louis Atterbury D.D. rector of this parish from 1657 till his death, which occurred by drowning, in Dec. 1693; he was the father of the celebrated Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, who was born here, 16 March, 1662: there is also a brass to Adam Babyngton, rector, ob. 1427: the font is modern: in the side chapel is an ancient font, which has a plain basin on an octagonal shaft: there is a chained bible, dated 1613, in an excellent state of preservation: the east window was erected in memory of the Rev. John N. Dalton, rector 1857-80, and the west window in memory of George Paine esq.: the church has 250 sittings.
Civil Registration
Milton Keynes was in Newport Pagnell Registration District from 1837 to 1935
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Milton Keynes from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Milton or Middleton Keynes (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Buckinghamshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Milton Keynes are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Buckinghamshire papers online:
Visitations Heraldic
A full transcript of the Visitation of Buckinghamshire, 1634 is online