Clifton Reynes
| Clifton Reynes | |
| Buckinghamshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP903513 |
| Location: | 52°9’7"N, 0°40’55"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 178 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Olney |
| Postcode: | MK46 |
| Dialling code: | 01234 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Milton Keynes |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Milton Keynes North |
Clifton Reynes is a village and parish in the Newport Hundred of Buckinghamshire, about a mile east of Olney. It shares a joint parish council with Newton Blossomville.
Extent
It is bounded, on the North, by the River Great Ouse, by which this parish is separated from Lavendon and Cold Brayfield; on the East, by Newton-Blossomville; on the South, by Petsoe and Emberton; and on the West, by the latter and by Olney.
Origin of name
The village name comes in two parts: the former name 'Clifton' is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means 'Cliff farm', referring to the village's position on a cliff on a bank of the River Ouse. The latter name 'Reynes' refers to the ancient lords of the manor of the village, whose family name this was. In the Domesday Book on 1086 Clifton Reynes was recorded as Cliftone.
Buildings of note
The parish church dedicated to St Mary is, unusually for a Buckinghamshire church, completely castellated: even the gables are embattled. The tower is thought to be Norman; however, the top is later probably 14th-century. The majority of the building is of the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries and the nave is unusually tall. Features of interest include the 14th-century font and the mediæval monuments of the Reynes family. These include two pairs of wooden effigies; one pair is of Ralph and Amabel de Reynes (ca. 1320–30) and the other is unidentified and slightly earlier.[2]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Clifton Reynes) |
- ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 3 February 2013
- ↑ Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; p. 126
