Little Linford

Little Linford
Buckinghamshire
Location
Grid reference:	SP842443
Location:	52°5’28"N, -0°46’19"W
Data
Post town:	Milton Keynes
Postcode:	MK19
Dialling code:	01908
Local Government
Council:	Milton Keynes
Parliamentary constituency:	Milton Keynes North

Little Linford is a village and ancient parish in the Newport Hundred of Buckinghamshire, about a mile west of Newport Pagnell, near the M1 motorway. Unlike its neighbour and namesake Great Linford it has yet to be swallowed up by Milton Keynes.

Little Linford was initially a hamlet in the manor of Linford. The parish church is dedicated to St Leonard.

The traditional parish name 'Linford' is an Old-English-language word that means 'ford where maple trees grow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Linforde. The prefix 'Little' was added to distinguish it from Great Linford.

Civil parish

Little Linford and adjacent Haversham have formed the civil parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford since 1934. The population was recorded as 803 in the 2001 census.

Little Linford Wood

Linford Wood is now owned by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Today it is one of the best habitats for dormice, which were transferred to Linford Wood from Kent when the Channel rail link was constructed.

References

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