Lavendon
Lavendon | |
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Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 1,303 (2011 Census including Warrington)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP915535 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | OLNEY |
Postcode district | MK46 |
Dialling code | 01234 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Lavendon is a village and
Nearby places are
History
The village name is derived from a personal name and a place-name element from the
At Castle Farm are the earthworks of a motte-and-bailey castle created in the twelfth century by de Bidun family as the headquarters of their barony of Lavendon.[4][5] The castle was last recorded in 1232.
The village was once the location of a
The Earl of Gainsborough was patron of the parish church.[7]
The village is on the route of the 1936 Jarrow March, there is a small plaque on the churchyard wall to commemorate this.
Modern Lavendon
The
The village has a combined school for children from reception (4 years) through to year 6 (11 years). It also has a village store and Post Office, an independent garage, village hall and two public houses, the Green Man and The Horseshoe. There is also a pre-school and a nursery.
The company Tusting has a small factory on Olney Road producing a wide range of luxury leather goods which are exported worldwide.
Note and references
- ^ Nearby Warrington is more northerly but is formally a hamlet.
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.
- ^ Watts, V. (2004). The Cambridge Dictionary of Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. 363.
- ^ Sanders, I. J. (1960). English Baronies: A Study of Their Origin and Descent, 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon. p. 128.
- ^ Stenton, F. (1961). The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066-1166 (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 205n.
- ^ Knowles, D.; Hadcock, R. N. (1971). Medieval Religious Houses of England and Wales (2nd ed.). London: Longmans. pp. 184, 190.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1848). "Lavendon (St Mary)". A Topographical Dictionary of England. London – via British History Online.
External links
Media related to Lavendon at Wikimedia Commons