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Emberton
Emberton shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| OS grid reference | SP885495 |
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| Parish | Emberton |
| Unitary authority | Milton Keynes |
| Ceremonial county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OLNEY |
| Postcode district | MK46 |
| Dialling code | 01234 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | North East Milton Keynes |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Emberton is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire in England.[1] The village is near the border with Northamptonshire, just to the south of Olney and four miles north of Newport Pagnell.
The parish of Emberton is actually made up of three villages that were annexed together for ecclesiastical purposes in 1650: Petsoe, Ekeney and Emberton. Today nothing remains of Ekeney and Petsoe only exists as a hamlet called Petsoe End.
The village name is an Old English language word and means Eanbeorht's Farm. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was called Ambretone; in manorial records of 1227 it was Emberdestone.
The manor was previously owned by the Pagnell family of Newport Pagnell. The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
At the heart of the village is the Clock Tower, recently renovated with the help of a grant from the Heritage Fund. Although there are no shops in the village, there is a village pub and restaurant called the Bell and Bear on the site of the old Bell Inn. The former Bear Inn was previously situated near Petsoe where the A509 now runs.[2]
Dan Wheldon, one of the biggest names in American motorsport, hailed from Emberton. Though relatively unknown in his native Britain, Wheldon became a star in the United States after winning both the IndyCar championship and the Indy 500 in 2005 and 2011. He died this year in the IndyCar's season finale held in Las Vegas involved in a crash involving 15 cars
Hollington Wood, a small patch of ancient woodland, lies about a Mile south-east of Emberton.
The Milton Keynes Wind Farm is located 2 miles east of Emberton. The Emberton Country Park is also nearby.
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