Stoke Goldington

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Stoke Goldington
Stoke Goldington shown within Buckinghamshire
OS grid reference	SP838487
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode district	MK16
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	North East Milton Keynes
List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°07′48″N 0°46′37″W / 52.13, -0.777

Stoke Goldington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about four miles NNW of Newport Pagnell, on the old road to Northampton.

The village name 'Stoke' is an Old English language word, and means 'hamlet'. It is one of the commonest place names in England (see Stoke (disambiguation)). In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Stoche. The affix 'Goldington' came later and refers to "Peter of Goldington" (from Goldington in Bedfordshire) who was the principal tenant in the village in the medieval period.