Middleton is a district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, and part of the historic

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 ...

of Milton Keynes (which predates the 1967 foundation of the "new city"). The district is centred on Milton Keynes Village, the village that gave its name to 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 ...

, which surrounds it extensively. The village also gives its name to the local civil parish, of which Middleton is the more populated district. It is delineated by Childs Way to the north, Tongwell Street to the east, Chaffron Way to the south and Brickhill Street to the west. The

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runs diagonally through it, from west to north.

History

The village was originally known as Middeltone (11th century); then later as Middelton Kaynes or Caynes (13th century); Milton Keynes (15th century); and Milton alias Middelton Gaynes (17th century). After the Norman invasion, the de Cahaines family held the manor from 1166 to the late 13th century as well as others in the country (

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in Wiltshire,

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in Gloucestershire, and

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in West Sussex). During this time the village became known as Middleton Keynes See last paragraph, at the start of line 5, "Middelton Keynes" eventually shortening to 'Milton Keynes'. However, the names "Mydilton Keynes" and "Milton Keynes" appear on the same membrane of the Plea Roll, CP40/764, dated 1452. The original core village of the district, along Walton Road and Broughton Road, has retained its "Milton Keynes" road signs and has several rural village houses and a thatched pub which dates back to the 13th century. It is now known as "Milton Keynes Village".

Education

The district has two schools, Middleton Primary School and

Oakgrove School Oakgrove School is a coeducational, nursery, primary school, secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Middleton (Oakgrove Secondary) and Oakgrove (Oakgrove Primary & Nursery) districts of south-east Milton Keynes ...

, a secondary comprehensive. Both were built in the early 2000s, in the southwest of the district.

Civil parish

Early in the development of Milton Keynes (the 'city'), the district (in which the original village lies and after which it was named) was given the name Middleton again. However, the civil parish is still formally called Milton Keynes, and has a joint parish council with Broughton, Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council.Parishes in Milton Keynes
- Milton Keynes Council. (The civil parish for the 'new city' centre is called "

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 ...

"). Milton Keynes civil parish consists of Middleton district and the neighbouring grid-squares of Oakgrove, Fox Milne and Pineham.

References

External links

Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council web site
Areas of Milton Keynes {{Buckinghamshire-geo-stub