Lavendon is a village and
civil parish in the
unitary authority area
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of the
City of Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire
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, England. It is the northernmost
village in the Milton Keynes UA and
South East England,near
Olney Olney may refer to:
Places Australia
* Olney Parish, New South Wales England
* Olney, Buckinghamshire, a town near Milton Keynes, England
United States
* Olney, Alabama
* Olney, Georgia - see List of places in Georgia (U.S. state) (I–R)
* Ol ...
, about WNW of
Bedford and NNE of
Central Milton Keynes.
Nearby places are
Warrington, and
Cold Brayfield
Cold Brayfield is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is about east of Olney, west of Bedford, and north of Central Milton Keynes on the Bedfordshire border. ...
in the Milton Keynes UA, and
Harrold and
Carlton
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over the border in
Bedfordshire.
History
The village name is derived from a personal name and a place-name element from the
Old English language (''Lafan'' + ''denu''), and means 'Lafa's valley'. In the
Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as ''Lavendene'' and ''Lawendene''.
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 Barony may refer to:
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of Lavendon. The castle was last recorded in 1232.
The village was once the location of a
Premonstratensian abbey, founded between 1155 and 1158 by John de Bidun. The abbey was suppressed in the
Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. It stood at what is now Grange Farm.
The
Earl of Gainsborough
Earl of Gainsborough is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation ended in extinction when the sixth Earl died without heirs. However, the title was re ...
was patron of the parish church.
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
parish church is dedicated to
St Michael, and there is also a Baptist Church that meets at the Union Chapel in the centre of the village.
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
Tusting is a British leathergoods maker known for its luxury handbags and luggage. The firm was founded in 1875 and operates from a factory in the village of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire.
History
Tusting began as a tannery and leather importer, f ...
has a small factory on Olney Road producing a wide range of luxury leather goods which are exported worldwide.
Note and references
External links
Villages in Buckinghamshire
Areas of Milton Keynes
Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire
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