| Lavendon | |
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  Lavendon Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
| Population | 1,303 (2011 Census including Warrington)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP915535 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OLNEY |
| Postcode district | MK46 |
| Dialling code | 01234 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
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52°10′19″N0°39′47″W / 52.172°N 0.663°W /52.172; -0.663  | |
Lavendon is a village andcivil parish in theunitary authority area of theCity of Milton Keynes,Buckinghamshire, England.[2] It is the northernmostvillage in the Milton Keynes UA andSouth East England,[a] nearOlney, about 8 miles (13 km) WNW ofBedford and 9 miles (14 km) NNE ofCentral Milton Keynes.
Nearby places areWarrington, andCold Brayfield in the Milton Keynes UA, andHarrold andCarlton over the border inBedfordshire.
The village name is derived from a personal name and a place-name element from theOld English language (Lafan +denu), and means 'Lafa's valley'. In theDomesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded asLavendene andLawendene.[3]
At Castle Farm are the earthworks of amotte-and-bailey castle created in the twelfth century by de Bidun family as the headquarters of theirbarony of Lavendon.[4][5] The castle was last recorded in 1232.
The village was once the location of aPremonstratensian abbey, founded between 1155 and 1158 by John de Bidun. The abbey was suppressed in theDissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.[6] It stood at what is now Grange Farm.
TheEarl of Gainsborough was patron of the parish church.[7]
The village is on the route of the 1936Jarrow March, there is a small plaque on the churchyard wall to commemorate this.
Theparish church is dedicated toSt Michael, and there is also a Baptist Church that meets at the Union Chapel in the centre of the village.
The village has a combined school for children from reception (4 years) through to year 6 (11 years). It also has a village store and Post Office, an independent garage, village hall and two public houses, the Green Man and The Horseshoe. There is also a pre-school and a nursery.
The companyTusting has a small factory on Olney Road producing a wide range of luxury leather goods which are exported worldwide.
The Lavendon Narrow Gauge Railway is situated in the village and it open to the public a few Sundays a year.
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