Community hub
0 subscribers8 pages, 0 posts
Recent from talks
All channels
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Contribute something
Welcome to the community hub built to collect knowledge and have discussions related to Sherington.
Nothing was collected or created yet.
Sherington
View on Wikipediafrom Wikipedia
Sherington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.[2] It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Newport Pagnell, and 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes, immediately to the west of the A509.
Key Information
History
[edit]
The village name is an Old English language word, and means 'Farm or settlement connected with Scira'.[3] In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Serintone.[4]
The parish church dates from the mid-13th century and is a Grade I listed building,[5] dedicated to Saint Laud.
A bowl barrow (a prehistoric burial mound) at the eastern edge of the village is a scheduled monument.[6]
Twin village
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Sherington (E04001272)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.
- ^ "Key to English place names". Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Page, William, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Sherington". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 451–458.
- ^ Historic England (17 November 1966). "Church of St Laud (1212353)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ Historic England. "Bowl Barrow At Junction Of Crofts End And Bedford Road. (1010190)". National Heritage List for England (SM).
- ^ "Saméon". Sherington.org.uk. 1 February 2016.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sherington.
| National | |
|---|---|
| Other | |
