Back كلورتون (باكينجهامشير) Arabic كلورتون ARZ Calverton (distrito) CEB Calverton, Swydd Buckingham Welsh کلورتون، باکینگهامشر Persian Calverton (Buckinghamshire) French Calverton (Milton Keynes) Italian Calverton (Buckinghamshire) LLD Calverton (Buckinghamshire) Dutch Calverton (Milton Keynes) NB
| Calverton | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Calverton | |
  Calverton  Calverton Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 197 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP788387 |
| Civil parish |
|
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK19 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Calverton is a civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and just outside the Milton Keynes urban area, situated roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Stony Stratford, and 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Central Milton Keynes.[2] The parish consists of one village, Lower Weald, and two hamlets, Upper Weald and Middle Weald. Lower Weald is the largest of the three settlements, and Manor Farm, the parish church and the former parochial school are within its boundaries.[3][4]
The settlement name is Old English, and means 'farm where calves are reared'.[5] In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Calvretone.[6]
The west side of nearby Stony Stratford was once included with the ecclesiastic parish of Calverton (the east side being in Wolverton). "The manorial rights over the west side were held with those of Calverton, [which] led to the manor of Calverton being often called 'the manor of Calverton with Stony Stratford', and the fair and market of Stony Stratford were included among its appurtenances,[6] until an Act of Parliament in the 18th century separated them.[7]
The parish of Calverton was part of Stratford and Wolverton Rural District from 1894 to 1919, when the rural district became an urban district, subsequently renamed Wolverton urban district in 1920.[8] The area was re-established as a separate parish in 2001.
The parish church is dedicated to All Saints. "It was rebuilt in stone in the 12th- and 14th-century styles between 1818 and 1824, when some of the old details were re-used".[6]
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Calverton (E04012180)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ "Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ Explorer map sheet 192 Buckingham & Milton Keynes (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2002 – via Streetmap.co.uk.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ "Key to English place names". Institute for Name-Studies, University of Nottingham. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ a b c William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Calverton". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 308–311.
- ^ William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Stony Stratford". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 476–482.
- ^ "Calverton CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 10 October 2023.