Stoke Goldington

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Stoke Goldington
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Stoke Goldington
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population575 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference SP838487
Civil parish
  • Stoke Goldington
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode district MK16
Dialling code 01908
Police Thames Valley
Fire Buckinghamshire
Ambulance South Central
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England
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52°07′48″N0°46′37″W / 52.130°N 0.777°W / 52.130; -0.777

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Stoke Goldington

Stoke Goldington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. [2] It is located about four miles NNW of Newport Pagnell, on the road to Northampton.

History

The village name 'Stoke' derives from the Old English 'stoc', which means 'place'. [3] It came to be used in the context of either a religious or a secondary settlement, and is one of the most common place name elements in England (see Stoke (disambiguation)). In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Stoche. [4] The affix 'Goldington' came later and refers to "Peter de Goldington" (from Goldington in Bedfordshire) who held the manor in the early thirteenth century. [5]

Listed buildings and structures

The parish has one grade I listed building, [6] and 33 at grade II. [7]

Parish church

The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and is a grade I listed building. The earliest parts of the building date from the 12th century. [5]

Flooding

Stoke Goldington is susceptible to occasional flooding, and suffered badly in 2007 with repeated floods. Water settled up to 1.5 metres deep in places, requiring the evacuation of some of the population. [8] Subsequently, contractors for Milton Keynes City Council installed measures to reduce the flood risk. [9] In May 2018, there was another flood, [10] that overcame the new flood defences.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , Accessed 4 February
  2. Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.
  3. "Key to English place names". Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham . Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. "Buckinghamshire". Domesday Book. p. 6.
  5. 1 2 William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Stoke Goldington". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 466–470.
  6. Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1289474)". National Heritage List for England .
  7. "Search Results for 'Stoke Goldington'". Historic England. Retrieved 24 November 2022. (Note: the 35 results returned by the search includes one in Emberton.)
  8. "Floods hit Bucks village again". BBC Three Counties website. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  9. Flood defence bunds  Stoke Goldington   Milton Keynes Council Highways, (undated)
  10. "MORE THAN 200 CALLS AS STORM STRIKES MILTON KEYNES". Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019.