| Haversham | |
  Haversham shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Milton Keynes |
| Ceremonial county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK19 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | North East Milton Keynes |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Haversham is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government The Borough of Milton Keynes is a Unitary authority and Borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The MK postcode area, also known as the Milton Keynes postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Bedford, Buckingham, Milton Keynes The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office Police services in England and the largest non- metropolitan one covering 2200 sq mi (5700 The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, is the Fire Service serving the county of Buckinghamshire. The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election North East Milton Keynes is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places The boundaries of Buckinghamshire have changed considerably over a number of years A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Borough of Milton Keynes is a Unitary authority and Borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is situated just north of Milton Keynes itself, next to Wolverton and between Newport Pagnell and Stony Stratford. Milton Keynes ( ˌmɪltənˈkiːnz often abbreviated to MK, is a large town Newport Pagnell is a Town in the Borough of Milton Keynes (ceremonial Buckinghamshire) England. Stony Stratford (often shortened to Stony) is a constituent Town of Milton Keynes and is a Civil parish operating as a Town council
The village has two distinct settlements separated by farmland. The older part of the village contains the manor house and is in a low lying area of the Ouse Valley and thus is prone to regular flooding. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism The River Great Ouse is a River in the east of England. It is 150 miles (240 km long which makes it the major navigation in East Anglia, and the fourth- A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge The modern part is on elevated ground overlooking the valley of the Ouse and contains the primary school.
The village name is an Old English language word that means 'Haefer's homestead'. In the Domesday Book of 1086, when it belonged to the Peverell family, it was listed as Hæfærsham. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey
The ancient manor house in the village, that was fortified in 1304, has largely been burnt down now, but parts of it still remain in a farm house just outside the main village. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism
The village gave its name to HMS Haversham, a Ham class minesweeper. Ships (IMS87 (IMS02 (IMS03 (IMS04 (IMS05 (IMS06 (IMS85 (IMS07
Civil parish
Haversham is in the civil parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford, which also includes Little Linford, and had a population of 803 according to the 2001 census. A civil parish in the United Kingdom is a unit of local government. Little Linford is a Village in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial Buckinghamshire, England. This merged parish was formed in 1934 following a County Review order. The Local Government Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo V c 17 made changes to poor law and local government in England and Wales It formed part of the Newport Pagnell Rural District until 1974, when it became part of the borough of Milton Keynes. Newport Pagnell was a Rural district in Buckinghamshire, England, from 1894 to 1974.
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