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| Gayhurst | |
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  Gayhurst Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
 Interactive map of Gayhurst | |
| Population | 128 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP849466 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT PAGNELL |
| Postcode district | MK16 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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Gayhurst is a village andcivil parish in theunitary authority area of theCity of Milton Keynes,Buckinghamshire,England.[2] It is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) NNW ofNewport Pagnell, and 5 miles (8.0 km) north ofCentral Milton Keynes.
The village name is anOld English language word meaning 'wooded hill where goats are kept'.[3] In theDomesday Book in 1086 it was recorded asGateherst; later names include Goathurst.[4] At that time themanor was owned byBishopOdo of Bayeux.[4]
In 1582,Queen Elizabeth I made a grant ofGayhurst Manor "in the event of its reversion to the Crown" toSir Francis Drake,[4] but there is no record that he ever received it. The house once belonged to SirEverard Digby (1578–1606),[5] one of the conspirators in theGunpowder Plot of 1605.[4] His son, SirKenelm Digby (1603–1665), was an English courtier, diplomat, natural philosopher and astrologer.[6] He was born at Gayhurst.
Gayhurst had an outstation from theBletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where one of theBombes used to decode GermanEnigma messages in World War Two were housed.[7]
The parish has two buildingslisted at Grade I,[8] five at Grade II* and 20 at grade II.[9] The (Grade I listed)Church of St Peter was built in the classical style in 1728 to replace a medieval church; the designer is unknown.[10]
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