Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow

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Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow is a civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was formed in 2001 as part of a general parishing of the Borough. The population according to the 2001 census was 4,545.

The parish covers Kents Hill, Brinklow, and Monkston. It is bounded by Chaffron Way, the Broughton Brook, Newport Road, Groveway, Brickhill Street, Standing Way, and the River Ouzel.

1 Kents Hill
2 Monkston
- 2.1 Pre-history
- 2.2 External links
3 Brinklow
4 References

[edit] Kents Hill

The west side of this district contains part of the Open University campus (the buildings originally belonged to De Montfort University), the Accenture training centre and the Hilton Hotel. The rest of the district is residential, much of it overlooking a large recreational area.There is a local shop and a church on the estate.

Aerial photography and map here
More detailed description with photographs on MKWEB

[edit] Monkston

Reproductions of the Milton Keynes Hoard of torcs and bracelets (Milton Keynes Museum)

This is primarily a residential district around a recreational area and a combined school.

[edit] Pre-history

The area that was to become Milton Keynes was relatively rich: possibly the largest (by weight) hoard of Iron Age jewellery ever found in Britain ("the Milton Keynes Hoard") was discovered in Monkston and consists of two Saxon era gold torcs and three gold bracelets.^[1]^[2]

[edit] External links

Aerial photography and map here
More detailed description with photographs on MKWEB

[edit] Brinklow

This is a relatively small warehousing and industrial district. It is dominated by the large Waitrose distribution centre.

Aerial photography and map here

[edit] References

^ British Museum: the Milton Keynes Hoard (now in collection of the British Museum, replicas are on display in the Milton Keynes Museum)
^ Needham: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: Bronze Age gold hoard of two torcs and three bracelets in a pot - "Treasure Annual Report 2000", Bland & Voden-Decker (eds), London, Department of Culture, Media and Sport (2002), pp 13-15, fig 5.

Civil parishes in the borough of Milton Keynes