Middleton, Milton Keynes

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The district of Middleton, until recently known as Milton Keynes Village is an area and civil parish that gave its name to the new city^* of Milton Keynes. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,367. (MK 10 Postcode)

The village was originally known as 'Middleton', which later became worn down to 'Milton'. After the Norman invasion, the Cahaines family held the manor from 1166 to the late C13 as well as others in the country (Ashton Keynes, Somerford Keynes, and Horsted Keynes). During this time the village became known as Middleton de Keynes eventually shorting to Milton Keynes. Woodfield, Paul. A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Development Corporation, 1996.

After the development of Milton Keynes New City, the original village it was named after became generally known as Middleton again, although the civil parish is still formally called Milton Keynes. (The civil parish for the new centre is called "Central Milton Keynes").

The original core village of the district has retained its "Milton Keynes Village" road signs and has an attractive collection of rural village houses and a thatched pub.

Note *: Although designed and built to be a city, Milton Keynes is still legally a town.

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