Stoke Goldington
| Stoke Goldington | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP838487 |
| Location: | 52°7’48"N, -0°46’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 575 (2011) |
| Post town: | Newport Pagnell |
| Postcode: | MK16 |
| Dialling code: | 01908 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Milton Keynes |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Milton Keynes North |
Stoke Goldington is a village and parish in the Newport Hundred of Buckinghamshire, located about four miles north-west of Newport Pagnell, on the B526, the old road to Northampton.
The village name 'Stoke' derives from the Old English 'stoc', which means 'place'. 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 the country. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Stoche. The affix 'Goldington' came later and refers to "Peter of Goldington" (from Goldington in Bedfordshire) who was a significant tenant in the village in the mediæval period.
in 2015, the village won the 'Buckinghamshire's best kept village' competition
Annual Steam Rally
Formerly the village hosted the Stoke Goldington Steam Rally each May.
Flooding
Stoke Goldington is susceptible to occasional flooding, and suffered badly in 2007 with repeated floods. Water settled up to 4½ feet deep in places, requiring the evacuation of some of the population.[1]
References
- ↑ "Floods hit Bucks village again". BBC Three Counties website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2007/07/03/stoke_goldington_flood_020707_feature.shtml. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stoke Goldington) |
- Stoke Goldington Association web site History, census data, old photographs and more.
- Stoke Goldington Steam Rally web site For information on the steam rally.
- 'Parishes : Stoke Goldington', Victoria History of the Counties of England - A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 466–470.