Little Linford

Little Linford is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about a mile west of Newport Pagnell, near the M1 motorway. Unlike its neighbour and namesake Great Linford it has yet to be joined up with Milton Keynes.

Little Linford
Little Linford
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Little Linford
Location within Buckinghamshire
OS grid referenceSP842443
Civil parish
  • Haversham-cum-Little Linford
Unitary authority
  • Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILTON KEYNES
Postcode districtMK19
Dialling code01908
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

Little Linford was initially a hamlet in the manor and ecclesiastical parish 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 is in the civil parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford,[1] which also includes Haversham, and had a population of 803 according to the 2001 census. This merged parish was formed in 1934.

Little Linford Wood

Linford Wood is now owned by BBOWT. 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
  1. Parishes in Milton Keynes Archived 2009-06-08 at the Wayback Machine - Milton Keynes Council.

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