Gayhurst

Gayhurst
Gayhurst is located in Buckinghamshire
Gayhurst
Gayhurst
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population128 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP849466
Civil parish
  • Gayhurst
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode districtMK16
Dialling code01908
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
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52°06′44″N 0°45′39″W / 52.1122°N 0.7608°W / 52.1122; -0.7608

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Gayhurst is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.[2] It is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) NNW of Newport Pagnell, and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Central Milton Keynes.

The village name is an Old English language word meaning 'wooded hill where goats are kept'.[3] In the Domesday Book in 1086 it was recorded as Gateherst; later names include Goathurst.[4] At that time the manor was owned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux.[4]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Gayhurst (E04001254)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Key to English place names". Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b William Paige, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Gayhurst". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 343–347.