Akeley, Buckinghamshire

Coordinates: 52°01′59″N 0°58′12″W / 52.033°N 0.970°W / 52.033; -0.970

Akeley
Akeley  Akeley shown within Buckinghamshire
Population	545 [1]
OS grid reference	SP7037
Civil parish	Akeley
District	Aylesbury Vale
Shire county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Buckingham
Postcode district	MK18
Dialling code	01280
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Buckingham
Website	Akeley Parish Council
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Akeley is a village and civil parish about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The village is on the Towcester road (A413) between the villages of Lillingstone Dayrell and Maids Moreton. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 545.

Village background

The village name is derived from the Old English for "Oak Field". The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded it as Achelei.

The Square, Akeley – this aerial view was taken in 1996 soon after the renovation of Verendale, the thatched cottage at the centre of the picture, was completed. The brick cottage is The Old School House and the building in the foreground is The Old School. The Bull & Butcher pub in The Square is part seen far right.

The village was controlled by the Cluniac priory of nearby Newton Longville on behalf of the priory of Saint Faith in Longueville in northern France.^[2] The parish church of St. James the Apostle was built in Akeley in 1154.^{[citation needed]} It was rebuilt to designs by the Gothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1854^[3] and restored in 1901.^[2] By the mid 20th century St. James' had fallen into disrepair and in 1979 it was demolished.^{[citation needed]} Akeley presently does not have its own parish church; it is part of the North Buckingham ecclesiastical parish.

Akeley once had a medieval deer park, and a school where poor children were taught to make lace.

Today Akeley hosts an annual horticultural show, which has been run since 1976.

Stockholt

The ancient hamlet of Stockholt once lay within the parish boundary. It has been amalgamated with the modern village.

References

Sources

• Page, William (ed.) (1927). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Buckingham, Volume 4. pp. 144–147. 
• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973) [1960]. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 46. ISBN 0-14-071019-1. 

External links

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• North Buckingham Parish
• Akeley in the Domesday Book

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