Stoke Goldington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.[2] It is located about four miles NNW of Newport Pagnell, on the B526, the old road to Northampton.

Stoke Goldington
Stoke Goldington Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	575 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP838487
Civil parish	Stoke Goldington
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode district	MK16
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Milton Keynes North
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52.130°N 0.777°W / 52.130; -0.777

The village name 'Stoke' derives from the Old English 'stoc', which means 'place'. It came to be used in the context of either a religious or a secondary settlement, and is one of the most common place name elements in England (see Stoke (disambiguation)). In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Stoche. The affix 'Goldington' came later and refers to "Peter of Goldington" (from Goldington in Bedfordshire) who was a significant tenant in the village in the medieval period.

in 2015, the village won the 'Buckinghamshire's best kept village' competition

Annual Steam Rally

Until 2011, the village hosted the Stoke Goldington Steam Rally each May.

Flooding

Stoke Goldington is susceptible to occasional flooding, and suffered badly in 2007 with repeated floods. Water settled up to 1.5 metres deep in places, requiring the evacuation of some of the population.[3] Subsequently, contractors for Milton Keynes City Council installed measures to reduce the flood risk.[4] In May 2018, there was another flood,[5] that overcame the new flood defences.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Stoke Goldington Association web site History, census data, old photographs and more.
• William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Stoke Goldington". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 466–470.

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