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Akeley, Buckinghamshire

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Coordinates:52°01′59″N0°58′12″W / 52.033°N 0.970°W /52.033; -0.970

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Village in Buckinghamshire, England

Human settlement in England

Akeley
Akeley from the churchyard in 2006
Akeley Location withinBuckinghamshire
Population	514 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	SP7037
Civil parish	Akeley
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BUCKINGHAM
Postcode district	MK18
Dialling code	01280

Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central

UK Parliament	Buckingham and Bletchley^[2]
Website	Akeley Parish Council
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52°01′59″N0°58′12″W / 52.033°N 0.970°W /52.033; -0.970

Akeley is a village andcivil parish in north-westBuckinghamshire, England. The village is on theA413 road, betweenLillingstone Dayrell andMaids Moreton, and around 2.5 miles (4 km) north ofBuckingham. The2011 Census recorded the population of the parish as 514,^[1] down from 545 at the2001 Census.^[3]

Village background

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The village name is derived from theOld English for "Oak Field". TheDomesday Book of 1086 recorded it asAchelei.

The Square, Akeley – aerial view taken in 1996 soon after the renovation of Verendale, the thatched cottage at the centre of the picture. The brick cottage is The Old School House and the building in the foreground is The Old School. The Bull & Butcher pub in The Square is part seen far right.

The village was controlled by theCluniac priory of nearbyNewton Longville on behalf of the priory ofSaint Faith in Longueville in northern France.^[4] Theparish church ofSt. James the Apostle was built in Akeley in 1154.^{[citation needed]} It was rebuilt to designs by theGothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1854^[5] and restored in 1901.^[4] By the mid 20th century St. James' had fallen into disrepair and in 1982 it was demolished.^[6] Akeley presently does not have its own parish church; it is part of the North Buckinghamecclesiastical parish.

Akeley once had amedieval deer park, and a school where poor children were taught to makelace.

Amenities

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The village is a small primary school St James Church of England School, and outside the village the large Cognita run privateAkeley Wood School.

The village has a pub (Bull & Butcher) and opened a new village hall in 2006.^[7]

Akeley hosts an annual horticultural show, which has been run since 1976.

Stockholt

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The ancienthamlet of Stockholt once lay within the parish boundary. It has been amalgamated with the modern village.

References

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^^a ^bUK Census (2011)."Local Area Report – Akeley Parish (E04001454)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics. Retrieved17 November 2021.
^"Location of Buckingham and Bletchley".parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved14 August 2025.
^UK Census (2001)."Local Area Report – Akeley Parish (11UB003)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics. Retrieved17 November 2021.
^^a ^bPage, 1927, pp. 144-147
^Pevsner, 1963, page 76
^"Site of 19th century church, built in 1854 and demolished in 1982".Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved14 August 2014.
^"Village Hall".Akeley Parish Council. Retrieved14 August 2014.

Sources

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Page, William, ed. (1927).Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. pp. 144–147.
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1960].The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth:Penguin Books. p. 46.ISBN 0-14-071019-1.

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North Buckingham Parish
Akeley in theDomesday Book

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