Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Description
Milton Keynes, a village and a parish in Bucks. The village stands near the river Ouzel, 1 1/2 mile W of the boundary with Beds, 3 1/2 miles N from Fenny Stratford station on the Bedford and Bletchley branch of the L. & N.W.R.,and 3 1/2 S by E of Newport Pagnell, and has a post office under Newport Pagnell; money order and telegraph office, Newport Pagnell. The parish comprises 1909 acres; population, 207. The manor belongs to the Finch family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £350 with residence. The church is a fine building of stone in the Decorated st}le, and consists of nave, chancel, and chapel, with porch and tower. It has a brass of 1427. Bishop Atterbury was a native, and that prelate's father and Dr Wotton, author of "Reflections on Ancient and Modern Learning," were rectors.