Water Eaton, Milton Keynes
| Water Eaton | |
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 Sycamore Hall | |
  Water Eaton  Water Eaton Location withinBuckinghamshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP875325 |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Water Eatonis an area ofMilton Keynes,Buckinghamshire,England and in thecivil parishofBletchley and Fenny Stratford.It is to the south ofFenny Stratfordand contiguous with it. It is one of the ancient Buckinghamshire villages thatbecame incorporated as part of Milton Keynesin 1967.
History
[edit]By the date of designation of Milton Keynes, Water Eaton had already been virtually absorbed by the 1960sGreater London Council-builtLondon overspilldistrict known as theLakes Estate.[1]The GLC was very proud of the Lakes Estate, declaring it to be the finest in modern architecture for a working class estate, based on theRadburn designconcept pioneered inRadburn, New Jersey.[2][page needed]The Lakes Estate was one ofa number of developments around Bletchley and Fenny Stratfordin the 1950s and 60s, intended to resettle people from poor-quality housing in war-damaged London.[3]
Water Eaton was formerly a hamlet in the parish ofBletchley,[4]in 1866 Water Eaton became a separatecivil parish,on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Bletchley.[5]In 1931 the parish had a population of 180.[6]
Name
[edit]The village name 'Eaton' isOld English languageword referring to a farming settlement, and the whole means 'farm by a river'. It is first mentioned in the 1086Domesday Book(as simply Eaton); when it was held byGeoffrey de Montbray,and was listed as having a Mill.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^So called because its streets are named after British lakes.
- ^Bendixson; Platt (1992).Milton Keynes, Image and Reality.Granta.ISBN0-906782-72-4.
- ^"Bletchley: Early Days of Overspill".Clutch Club.Retrieved3 January2007.
- ^"History of Water Eaton, in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire".A Vision of Britain through Time.Retrieved20 March2024.
- ^"Relationships and changes Water Eaton CP/Tn through time".A Vision of Britain through Time.Retrieved20 March2024.
- ^"Population statistics Water Eaton CP/Tn through time".A Vision of Britain through Time.Retrieved20 March2024.
- ^"Buckinghamshire N-Z".The Domesday Book Online.