Stoke Goldington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.[ Parishes in Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Council.] It is located about four miles NNW of Newport Pagnell, on the road to Northampton.
History
The village name 'Stoke' derives from the
Old English 'stoc', which means 'place'.
It came to be used in the context of either a religious or a secondary settlement, and is one of the most common place name elements 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 de Goldington" (from
Goldington in
Bedfordshire) who held the manor in the early thirteenth century.
Listed buildings and structures
The parish has one grade I
listed building,
and 33 at grade II.
[ (Note: the 35 results returned by the search includes one in Emberton.) ]
Parish church
The
parish church is dedicated to
St Peter and is a grade I listed building.
The earliest parts of the building date from the 12th century.
Flooding
Stoke Goldington is susceptible to occasional flooding, and suffered badly in 2007 with repeated floods. Water settled up to 1.5 metres deep in places, requiring the evacuation of some of the population.
Subsequently, contractors for Milton Keynes City Council installed measures to reduce the flood risk.
[ Flood defence bunds Stoke GoldingtonMilton Keynes Council Highways, (undated)] In May 2018, there was another flood,
due to the new flood defences not being properly maintained.
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