Loughton () is an ancient village and modern district in the

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of Loughton and Great Holm in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village spreads between

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and the modern

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, to the west of, and about 1 mile from,

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Historic Loughton

The village name is an

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word, and means 'Luhha's estate'. In the

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of 1086 the village was recorded as ''Lochintone''.'Parishes : Loughton'

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, A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 395–401. Date accessed: 14 September 2010 All Saints Church is the oldest surviving building in Loughtonthe

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and

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probably date from the first years of the 13th century, though all the original details have been removed during subsequent alterations.

Modern Loughton district

The original village has now been incorporated into the modern 'grid square' of Loughton. However much of the character of the old village remains; to the north-east of Bradwell Road the area bounded by School Lane and Church Lane contains the Church and remnants of the original parish of Great Loughton. To the south-west of Bradwell Road, around The Green there is a cluster of several sixteenth century buildings (Manor Farm, Manor Farm Cottages and Cell Farm) which constitute the remains of the original parish of Little Loughton. Today Loughton is a mainly residential area but is also home to a large Equestrian Centre, in the grounds of which the medieval field pattern and fish pond can still be seen. The district is bounded by the A5 to the east, H5 Portway to the north, V4 Watling Street to the west and H6 Childs Way to the south.

Pronunciation

The

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of Loughton is (the "ou" rhymes with "ouch", the "gh" is silent), in contrast to the similarly-spelt neighbouring areas of Broughton and

Woughton Woughton is an area of south central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It takes its name from the original ecclesiastic parish of Woughton and its original village, Woughton on the Green. For administrative purposes, the area is divided ...

References

External links

Archival photos and recorded interviews with long-term residents of Loughton are available i
'Living Memories of London Road'
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