Middleton, Milton Keynes


Middleton is a district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, and part of the historic civil parish of Milton Keynes. The district is centred on Milton Keynes Village, the village that gave its name to modern Milton Keynes, which surrounds it extensively. The village also gives its name to [|the local civil parish], of which Middleton is the more populated district. It is delineated by Childs Way to the north, Tongwell Street to the east, Chaffron Way to the south and Brickhill Street to the west. The River Ouzel runs diagonally through it, from west to north.

History

The village was originally known as Middeltone ; then later as Middelton Kaynes or Caynes ; Milton Keynes ; and Milton alias Middelton Gaynes. After the Norman invasion, the de Cahaines family held the manor from 1166 to the late 13th century as well as others in the country. During this time the village became known as Middleton de Keynes eventually shortening to 'Milton Keynes'.
The original core village of the district, along Walton Road and Broughton Road, has retained its "Milton Keynes" road signs and has an attractive collection of rural village houses and a thatched pub which dates back to the 13th century. It is now known as "Milton Keynes Village".

Education

The district has two schools, Middleton Primary School and Oakgrove School, a secondary comprehensive. Both were built in the early 2000s, in the south-west of the district.

Civil parish

Early in the development of Milton Keynes, the district was given the name Middleton again. However, the civil parish is still formally called Milton Keynes, and has a joint parish council with Broughton, Broughton and Milton Keynes Parish Council. . Milton Keynes civil parish consists of Middleton district and the neighbouring grid-squares of Oakgrove, Fox Milne and Pineham.