Moulsoe

Moulsoe is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.[2] It is on the border with Bedfordshire, just across the M1 from Milton Keynes itself, and about two and a half miles ESE of Newport Pagnell. The main road through the village is the Newport Road coming from the west, changing to the Cranfield Road going east at a bend by the church.

Moulsoe

The Parish Church - St Mary's of the Assumption
Moulsoe
Moulsoe
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population318 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP910419
Civil parish
  • Moulsoe
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode districtMK16
Dialling code01908
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

The village name is an Old English language word which means 'Mul's hill spur'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Moleshou.[3]

At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 318,[1] down slightly from 330 at the 2001 census.[4] As of 2019, the parish is mainly rural but a large area just west of the village has been identified for future expansion of Milton Keynes.[5]

There are several old thatched dwellings. Other buildings are of brick apart from some concrete council houses to the west and the church which is of stone, and dates from the 12th century.[6] There is an inn, the Carrington Arms, and a village hall, the Millennium Hall.[7]

References

  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Moulsoe (E04001264)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. "Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. moulsoe.net/history.htm
  4. http://www.mkweb.co.uk/statistics/documents/Population%5FBulletin%5F2005%2D6%2Epdf Archived 11 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine, page 22
  5. Jessica MacKinnon (11 August 2019). "Milton Keynes East Development Framework". communityactionmk.org. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. Parish of Newport Pagnell Archived 2012-08-02 at the Wayback Machine St Mary's
  7. www.milton-keynes.gov.uk Archived 2012-12-23 at Archive.today Moulsoe Millennium Hall

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