Haversham
Coordinates: 52°04′44″N 0°47′24″W / 52.079°N 0.790°W
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 Haversham
Haversham shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| OS grid reference | SP830430 |
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| 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 |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | North East Milton Keynes |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Haversham is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated just north of Milton Keynes near Wolverton and lies between Newport Pagnell and Stony Stratford. Haversham-cum-Little Linford is a civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes.
The village has two distinct settlements separated by farmland. The older part of the village contains the manor house and, at elevations between 60 metres and 65 metres above mean sea level, is close to the Ouse Valley and its flood plain. The modern part contains the primary school and is on ground at elevations between 65 metres and 75 metres, overlooking the Ouse Valley.
The village name is an Old English language word that means 'Haefer's homestead'. In the Domesday Book of 1086, when it belonged to the Peverell family, it was listed as Hæfærsham.
The ancient manor house in the village, which was fortified in 1304, was largely burnt down, but parts of it still remain in a farm house just outside the main village.
Behind Haversham lakes, is the nearby ruined church of St Peter's which belonged originally to the medieval village of Stanton Low. This tiny village was destroyed by gravel workings, but the church remained until the 1920s, serving the villagers of New Bradwell. In the 1950s the Norman chancel arch was removed to St James' Church New Bradwell, and St Peters is now a ruin.
Near to Haversham, along the Ouse towards Wolverton, is Wolverton Railway Viaduct of a 'typical' Stephenson's design. A little further is the canal aquaduct. There are also 'cattle creep' holes, which allowed cows to pass from one side of the canal to the other.
The village gave its name to HMS Haversham, a Ham class minesweeper.
[edit] Civil parish
Haversham is in the civil parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford,[1] which also includes Little Linford, and had a population of 803 according to the 2001 census. This merged parish was formed in 1934 following a County Review order. It formed part of the Newport Pagnell Rural District until 1974, when it became part of the borough of Milton Keynes.
[edit] References
- ^ Parishes in Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Council.
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