Sherington

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Sherington
Buckinghamshire
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Sherington
Location
Grid reference: SP888463
Location: 52°6’29"N, 0°42’14"W
Data
Population: 954  (2011[1])
Post town: Newport Pagnell
Postcode: MK16
Dialling code: 01908
Local Government
Council: Milton Keynes
Parliamentary
constituency:
Milton Keynes North

Sherington is a village and parish in the Newport Hundred of Buckinghamshire, located just north east of Newport Pagnell, by the A509 road.

Toponymy

The village name is an Old English language word, and means 'Scira's estate'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Serintone. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Laud.

Twin village

The village is twinned with Sameon in France.[2]

Housing controversy

As happened earlier[3] at Bow Brickhill to the south of Milton Keynes, a US speculator bought agricultural land at Abbey View near Sherington Bridge, divided it into domestic sized plots and is attempting[4] to sell these off as suitable for future self-build development, although the land is zoned agricultural and may be expected to remain so for the foreseeable future - the Council's 25-year plan (to 2030) projects that it will remain so.

References

  1. Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census, Accessed 4 February 2013
  2. http://www.sherington.org.uk/sameon.htm
  3. The new game of patience (The Guardian)
  4. Land sales lead to a panic Milton Keynes Citizen / Milton Keynes Today

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