Sherington

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Sherington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. It is located just north west of Newport Pagnell, by the A509.

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.

The village is twinned with Sameon in France.

[edit] Current controversy

As happened earlier ^[1] at Bow Brickhill to the south of Milton Keynes, a US speculator has bought agricultural land at Abbey View near Sherington Bridge, divided it into domestic sized plots and is attempting^[2] to sell these off as suitable "in the future" for self-build development. 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. Residents are not so much "panicked" as bemused by the gullibility of anyone who falls for this scheme.

[edit] References

1. ^ The new game of patience (The Guardian)
2. ^ Land sales lead to a panic Milton Keynes Citizen / Milton Keynes Today

Civil parishes in the borough of Milton Keynes

Astwood | Bletchley and Fenny Stratford | Bow Brickhill | Bradwell | Bradwell Abbey | Broughton | Calverton | Campbell Park | Castlethorpe | Central Milton Keynes | Chicheley | Clifton Reynes | Cold Brayfield | Emberton | Gayhurst | Great Linford | Hanslope | Hardmead | Haversham cum Little Linford | Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow | Lathbury | Lavendon | Little Brickhill | Loughton | Milton Keynes (Middleton) | Moulsoe | New Bradwell | Newport Pagnell | Newton Blossomville | North Crawley | Olney | Ravenstone | Shenley Brook End | Shenley Church End | Sherington | Simpson | Stantonbury | Stoke Goldington | Stony Stratford | Tyringham and Filgrave | Walton | Warrington | Wavendon | West Bletchley | Weston Underwood | Woburn Sands | Wolverton and Greenleys | Woughton