Simpson, Milton Keynes
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Simpson is a village in
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ...
, England. It was one of the villages of historic Buckinghamshire that was included in the "New City" in 1967. It is located south of the centre, just north of
Fenny Stratford Fenny Stratford is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, a city in Buckinghamshire, England. It is administered by Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, a civil parish under the Milton Keynes City Council. It is located around Watling Street, at the ...
. Simpson is now part of the civil parish of
Simpson and Ashland Simpson and Ashland is a civil parish in the south of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. The parish comprises the village of Simpson and the districts of Ashland and West Ashland. At the 2011 Census the population of the civil parish ...
, which also includes Ashland and West Ashland.


History

The village name is derived from
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, and means 'Sigewine's farm or settlement'. It was recorded in the
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of 1086 as ''Siwinestone''. In the mid 19th century the village was described as "in appearance, one of the most wretched of many miserable villages in the county". According to Sheahan, until about 1830 "during the wintertime, the main road ondonNorthamptonwas generally impassable, without wading through water three feet deep, for a distance of about 200 yards"; he goes on to state that "chiefly through the exertions of Mr. C. Warren, the road has been raised by 3 and a half feet". Charles Warren was the owner of Simpson House and was a substantial landowner and contractor. It would have been in his interest to alleviate flooding in the village, although there is no other documentary evidence that he was directly involved in the improvement works. Simpson was an ancient parish, which included part of
Fenny Stratford Fenny Stratford is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, a city in Buckinghamshire, England. It is administered by Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, a civil parish under the Milton Keynes City Council. It is located around Watling Street, at the ...
. It became a
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in 1866, but in 1934 the civil parish was abolished and absorbed by
Bletchley Urban District Bletchley Urban District was an urban district covering the town of Bletchley in the administrative county of Buckinghamshire, England, from 1911 to 1974. The district had been created in 1895 as Fenny Stratford Urban District, being renamed to ...
, which itself was abolished in 1974 to become part of the Milton Keynes District.


Ecumenical Church of St Thomas the Apostle

The church building dates from the early fourteenth century. By 1847, Simpson, or Sympson, like other ecclesiastical parishes in Buckinghamshire, had been transferred to the Diocese of Oxford. St Thomas is one of the five churches in the Woughton Ecumenical Partnership, which was established in 1977. Among the historical features of the church is a
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, or leper-squint.


Education

There is one school currently in Simpson: Charles Warren Academy, a primary school for children aged 4–11 years. The current headteacher is Jo Goldsmith. It was previously known as Simpson County Combined School. Walnuts School, a school for pupils with special educational needs used to be located at Simpson, but it is now moved to Hazeley, the west corner of Milton Keynes.


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* {{authority control Villages in Buckinghamshire Areas of Milton Keynes Former civil parishes in Buckinghamshire