Little Linford

Little Linford
Little Linford
	Little Linford Mapping © OpenStreetMap Little Linford Location within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SP842443
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
UK Parliament	Milton Keynes North;
	List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52°05′28″N 0°46′19″W / 52.091°N 0.772°W

Little 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,^[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.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.

External links

Media related to Little Linford at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.

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