Akeley
| Akeley | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 Akeley from the churchyard in 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP7037 |
| Location: | 52°1’59"N, 0°58’12"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 514 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Buckingham |
| Postcode: | MK18 |
| Dialling code: | 01280 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Buckinghamshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Buckingham |
| Website: | Akeley Parish Council |
Akeley is a village and parish in the Buckingham Hundred of Buckinghamshire, about two and a half miles north of Buckingham itself. The village is on the Towcester road (A413) between the villages of Lillingstone Dayrell and Maids Moreton. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 545 reducing to 514 at the 2011 Census.[1]
Village background
The village name is derived from the Old English for "Oak Field". The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded it as Achelei.
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The village was controlled by the Cluniac priory of nearby Newton Longville on behalf of the priory of Saint Faith in Longueville in northern France.[2] The parish church of St James the Apostle was built in Akeley in 1154. It was rebuilt to designs by the Gothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1854[3] and restored in 1901.[2] By the mid 20th century St. James' had fallen into disrepair and in 1982 it was demolished.[4] Akeley presently does not have its own parish church; it is part of the North Buckingham ecclesiastical parish.
Akeley once had a mediæval deer park, and a school where poor children were taught to make lace.
Amenities
The village is a small primary school St James Church of England School, and outside the village the large private Akeley Wood School.
The village has a pub (Bull & Butcher) and opened a new village hall in 2006.[5]
Akeley hosts an annual horticultural show, which has been run since 1976.
Stockholt
The ancient hamlet of Stockholt once lay within the parish boundary. It has been amalgamated with the modern village.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 2 February 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Page, 1927, pages 144-147
- ↑ Pevsner, 1963, page 76
- ↑ "Site of 19th century church, built in 1854 and demolished in 1982". https://ubp.buckscc.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid='MBC3734'. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ↑ "Village Hall". http://akeleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/?page_id=40. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
Sources
- Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. 1927. pp. 144–147.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1960]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 46. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.
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