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|static_image_caption= Parish church of St Mary | |static_image_caption= Parish church of St Mary | ||
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|population= | | population = 840 | ||
|population_ref=( | | population_ref = (Haversham-cum-Little Linford parish, 2021)<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |title=2021 Census Parish Profiles |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021_pp |website=NOMIS |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=31 March 2025}} (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)</ref> | ||
|official_name= Haversham | |official_name= Haversham | ||
|civil_parish=[[Haversham-cum-Little Linford]] | |civil_parish=[[Haversham-cum-Little Linford]] | ||
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'''Haversham''' is a village | '''Haversham''' is a village in the [[civil parish]] of '''Haversham-cum-Little Linford''',<ref name=BMK-parishes>{{cite web |url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/your-council-and-elections/councillors-and-committees/parish-and-town-councils/contact-your-parish-or-town-council | title = Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council | publisher = [[Milton Keynes Council]] | access-date= 10 October 2020}}</ref> in the [[City of Milton Keynes]] unitary authority area, in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is situated to the north of (and separated by the [[River Great Ouse]] from) the [[Milton Keynes urban area]], near [[Wolverton]] and about {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} north of [[Central Milton Keynes]]. As well as Haversham, the civil parish also includes [[Little Linford]]. At the [[2021–2022 United Kingdom censuses|2021 census]] the civil parish had a population of 840. | ||
==History== | |||
The village name is an [[Old English]] word that means 'Haefer's homestead'. In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, when it belonged to the Peverell family, it was listed as ''Havresham''.<ref name=VCH>{{cite book|chapter-url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp366-372 | series= Victoria History of the Counties of England | title= A History of the County of Buckingham| chapter= Parishes : Haversham| volume = 4 | pages=366–372 |editor= William Page |publisher= [[Constable & Robinson|Constable & Co. Ltd.]] | location = London | date=1927}}</ref> The ancient [[manor house]] in the village, which was fortified in 1304, was largely burnt down, but parts of it still remain in a farm house just outside the main village. | The village name is an [[Old English]] word that means 'Haefer's homestead'. In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, when it belonged to the Peverell family, it was listed as ''Havresham''.<ref name=VCH>{{cite book|chapter-url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp366-372 | series= Victoria History of the Counties of England | title= A History of the County of Buckingham| chapter= Parishes : Haversham| volume = 4 | pages=366–372 |editor= William Page |publisher= [[Constable & Robinson|Constable & Co. Ltd.]] | location = London | date=1927}}</ref> The ancient [[manor house]] in the village, which was fortified in 1304, was largely burnt down, but parts of it still remain in a farm house just outside the main village. | ||
Haversham was once a village of farm-workers' dwellings. {{as of|2012}}, only Hill Farm, Grange Farm and Crossroads Farm remain as active working farms. The village has two distinct settlements separated by farmland. The older part of the village contains the manor house. It lies at elevations between 60 metres and 65 metres [[above mean sea level]], just above the [[flood plain]] of the Ouse.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/confirm-location?easting=480066&northing=247157&placeOrPostcode=Hanslope|title=Environment Agency: flood map for planning: Haversham, Milton Keynes |access-date=30 October 2020 }}</ref> In the 1930s, 'New Haversham' was built nearer Wolverton, to house staff working at the [[Wolverton railway works]] nearby. New Haversham contains the primary school and is on ground at elevations between 65 metres and 75 metres, overlooking the Ouse Valley. | Haversham was once a village of farm-workers' dwellings. {{as of|2012}}, only Hill Farm, Grange Farm and Crossroads Farm remain as active working farms. The village has two distinct settlements separated by farmland. The older part of the village contains the manor house. It lies at elevations between 60 metres and 65 metres [[above mean sea level]], just above the [[flood plain]] of the Ouse.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://flood-map-for-planning.service.gov.uk/confirm-location?easting=480066&northing=247157&placeOrPostcode=Hanslope|title=Environment Agency: flood map for planning: Haversham, Milton Keynes |access-date=30 October 2020 }}</ref> In the 1930s, 'New Haversham' was built nearer Wolverton, to house staff working at the [[Wolverton railway works]] nearby. New Haversham contains the primary school and is on ground at elevations between 65 metres and 75 metres, overlooking the Ouse Valley. | ||
In the 1970s, [[Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation | In the 1970s, the [[Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation]] dug the river meadows near the site of the old village of [[Stantonbury#Stanton Low|Stanton Low]] for gravel extraction, leaving behind the large man made lakes that surround Haversham to the south today. These lakes are the home to the Hanson Centre and to the Haversham Sailing Club, one of the sailing clubs around Milton Keynes. | ||
Just south of Haversham beside the road to [[Wolverton]], is the Wolverton Railway Viaduct over the valley of the [[river Great Ouse]], | Just south of Haversham beside the road to [[Wolverton]], is the Wolverton Railway Viaduct over the valley of the [[river Great Ouse]], designed by [[Robert Stephenson]], carrying the [[West Coast Main Line]].<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Wolverton Viaduct|grade=II|num=1389687}}</ref> | ||
The village gave its name to [[HMS Haversham|HMS ''Haversham'']], a [[Ham class minesweeper]]. | The village gave its name to [[HMS Haversham|HMS ''Haversham'']], a [[Ham class minesweeper]]. | ||
== | ==Governance== | ||
Haversham | There are two tiers of local government covering Haversham-cum-Little Linford, at [[Parish council (England)|parish]] and [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level: Haversham-cum-Little Linford Parish Council and [[Milton Keynes City Council]]. The parish council generally meets at the Haversham Social and Community Centre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Haversham-cum-Little Linford Parish Council |url=https://www.havershamlittlelinfordpc.gov.uk/parish-council |access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref> | ||
===Listed buildings and structures | Haversham was an [[ancient parish]]. From 1894 the parish of Haversham was included in the [[Newport Pagnell Rural District]]. In 1934 the parish was merged with the neighbouring parish of Little Linford to form a new civil parish called Haversham-cum-Little Linford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10211384|title=Relationships and changes Haversham AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref> At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish) Haversham had a population of 164.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10211384/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Haversham AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref> | ||
The parish has one [[scheduled ancient monument]],<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Moated site, fishponds and associated earthworks 150m south-east of Haversham Manor |num=1011300 }}</ref> one grade I [[listed building]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1212152 |desc=Parish church of St Mary }}</ref> two grade II*<ref>{{NHLE |num=1212140 |desc=Church of St Leonard and St Andrew}};<br />{{NHLE |num=1212158 |desc=Haversham Grange}}</ref> and nine grade II, including [[Wolverton Viaduct]], an 1830s railway bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?searchType=NHLE+Simple&search=Haversham-cum-Little+Linford |title= Search Results for 'Haversham-cum-Little Linford' | publisher=Historic England |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> | |||
The new parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford remained part of Newport Pagnell Rural District until the district's abolition in 1974, when the area became part of the new borough of Milton Keynes.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|accessdate=25 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1974/mar/28/district-councils-and-boroughs#S5CV0871P0_19740328_CWA_145|title=District Councils and Boroughs|date=28 March 1974|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|access-date=16 January 2012}}</ref> | |||
==Listed buildings and structures== | |||
The civil parish has one [[scheduled ancient monument]],<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Moated site, fishponds and associated earthworks 150m south-east of Haversham Manor |num=1011300 }}</ref> one grade I [[listed building]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1212152 |desc=Parish church of St Mary }}</ref> two grade II*<ref>{{NHLE |num=1212140 |desc=Church of St Leonard and St Andrew}};<br />{{NHLE |num=1212158 |desc=Haversham Grange}}</ref> and nine grade II, including [[Wolverton Viaduct]], an 1830s railway bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?searchType=NHLE+Simple&search=Haversham-cum-Little+Linford |title= Search Results for 'Haversham-cum-Little Linford' | publisher=Historic England |access-date=9 November 2022}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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History
The village name is an Old English word that means 'Haefer's homestead'. In the Domesday Book of 1086, when it belonged to the Peverell family, it was listed as Havresham.[2] The ancient manor house in the village, which was fortified in 1304, was largely burnt down, but parts of it still remain in a farm house just outside the main village.
Haversham was once a village of farm-workers' dwellings. since 2012[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., only Hill Farm, Grange Farm and Crossroads Farm remain as active working farms. The village has two distinct settlements separated by farmland. The older part of the village contains the manor house. It lies at elevations between 60 metres and 65 metres above mean sea level, just above the flood plain of the Ouse.[3] In the 1930s, 'New Haversham' was built nearer Wolverton, to house staff working at the Wolverton railway works nearby. New Haversham contains the primary school and is on ground at elevations between 65 metres and 75 metres, overlooking the Ouse Valley.
In the 1970s, the Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation dug the river meadows near the site of the old village of Stanton Low for gravel extraction, leaving behind the large man made lakes that surround Haversham to the south today. These lakes are the home to the Hanson Centre and to the Haversham Sailing Club, one of the sailing clubs around Milton Keynes.
Just south of Haversham beside the road to Wolverton, is the Wolverton Railway Viaduct over the valley of the river Great Ouse, designed by Robert Stephenson, carrying the West Coast Main Line.[4]
The village gave its name to HMS Haversham, a Ham class minesweeper.
Governance
There are two tiers of local government covering Haversham-cum-Little Linford, at parish and unitary authority level: Haversham-cum-Little Linford Parish Council and Milton Keynes City Council. The parish council generally meets at the Haversham Social and Community Centre.[5]
Haversham was an ancient parish. From 1894 the parish of Haversham was included in the Newport Pagnell Rural District. In 1934 the parish was merged with the neighbouring parish of Little Linford to form a new civil parish called Haversham-cum-Little Linford.[6] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish) Haversham had a population of 164.[7]
The new parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford remained part of Newport Pagnell Rural District until the district's abolition in 1974, when the area became part of the new borough of Milton Keynes.[8][9][10]
Listed buildings and structures
The civil parish has one scheduled ancient monument,[11] one grade I listed building,[12] two grade II*[13] and nine grade II, including Wolverton Viaduct, an 1830s railway bridge.[14]
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