Sherington is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in the
unitary authority area of the
City of Milton Keynes
The City of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority area with both borough and city status, in Buckinghamshire. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region. The borough abuts Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the remainder ...
,
Buckinghamshire, England. It is located north-east of
Newport Pagnell, and north-east of
Central Milton Keynes
Central Milton Keynes is the central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and a civil parish in its own right, with a town council.
The district is approximately long by wide and occupies some of the highest land in Mi ...
, immediately to the west of the
A509
The A509 is a short A-class road (around long) for north–south journeys in south central England, forming the route from Kettering in Northamptonshire to the A5 in Milton Keynes, via M1 J14.
From north to south, the road begins at Wi ...
.
Toponymy
The village name is an
Old English language
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word, and means 'Scira's estate'. In the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
of 1086 the village was recorded as ''Serintone''. The
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
church is dedicated to
Saint Laud.
Twin village
The village is twinned with
Sameon in
France
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.
References
External links
Sherington Historical SocietySherington Parish Council websiteSherington village website
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Villages in Buckinghamshire
Areas of Milton Keynes
Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire