Little Brickhill

Little Brickhill

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.983
longitude= -0.677
population=
official_name= Little Brickhill
unitary_england= Milton Keynes
lieutenancy_england= Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= North East Milton Keynes
post_town= MILTON KEYNES
postcode_district = MK17
postcode_area= MK
dial_code= 01908
os_grid_reference= SP909324

Little Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. It is just outside and overlooking Milton Keynes itself, two and a half miles west of Woburn in Bedfordshire.

The village name 'Brickhill' is a compound of Brythonic and Old English words that have the same meaning: a common occurrence in this part of the country. The Brythonic word 'breg' means 'hill', as does the Old English word 'hyll'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was referred to as "Brichelle".

The village has, for a long time, gathered most of its income from the Roman road Watling Street that passes through the parish from north-west to south-east, and anciently from a market that was established in the village in 1228. At one time the county Assize Courts were held in Little Brickhill, making it adversely larger than nearby Great Brickhill. The last time the assizes were heard here was in 1638. Between 1561 and 1620 the names of a number of executed criminals appear in the burial register of the village.

The village is also the final resting place of Dame V.Bushell [1756-1847] , who was most well-known for the "Veritas" movement, highlighting the plight of women in the village.

ee also

* Great Brickhill
* Bow Brickhill


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