Clifton Reynes

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Clifton Reynes
Clifton Reynes shown within Buckinghamshire
Population	138 (2001)
OS grid reference	SP903513
District	Milton Keynes
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLNEY
Postcode district	MK46
Dialling code	01234
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Milton Keynes North East
List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°09′07″N 0°40′55″W / 52.152, -0.682

Clifton Reynes is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes, in the ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about a mile east of Olney. It is a civil parish, and has a joint parish council with Newton Blossomville.

[edit] Extent

It is bounded, on the North, by the River Great Ouse, by which this parish is separated from Lavendon and Cold Brayfield; on the East, by Newton-Blossomville; on the South, by Petsoe and Emberton; and on the West, by the latter and by Olney.

[edit] Origin of name

The village name comes in two parts: the former name 'Clifton' is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Cliff farm', referring to the village's position on a cliff on a bank of the River Ouse. The latter name 'Reynes' refers to the ancient lords of the manor of the village, whose family name this was. In the Domesday Book on 1086 Clifton Reynes was recorded as Cliftone.

[edit] Buildings of note

The parish church dedicated to St Mary (unusually for a Buckinghamshire church) is completely castellated: even the gables are embattled. The tower is thought to be Norman, however the top is later probably 14th century.