Towns & cities · West Midlands
Padbury
Padbury — village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Padbury is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 789 people. Address: MK18. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, UK". Coordinates: 51.9710°, -0.9520°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Padbury is a village and civil parish in north Buckinghamshire, England. It is located on the A413 main road that links Buckingham with Winslow. Padbury is just under 50 miles (80 km) north of London and 9 miles (14 km) South West of central Milton Keynes.
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Background
History
The village name is Old English in origin, and means 'Padda's fortress'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Pateberie. The Manor of Padbury was exchanged, around the time of the Norman Conquest, for the Manor of Iver between Robert Doyley and Robert Clarenbold of the Marsh. The village had the distinction in Domesday as being one of the few villages in the country still owned by a native rather than a Norman family. It remained in this family (who later took the name 'de Wolverton' after the town of Wolverton) until 1442 when it was sold to All Souls College, Oxford. During the English Civil War Padbury was the site of a skirmish between the Royalist and…
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- Coordinates
- 51.9710, -0.9520
- District
- Buckinghamshire
- Parish
- Padbury
- Postcode
- MK18
- Parliamentary constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Population
- 789
Sources
- wikidata: Q1815680 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Padbury (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Converted Tithe Barn, Padbury - geograph.org.uk - 771568.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Padbury?
- Padbury is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode MK18), in the parish of Padbury.
- Is Padbury a protected site?
- Yes — Padbury is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Padbury free to visit?
- Yes, Padbury is free to enter.
- How do I get to Padbury?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode MK18. It sits within the Buckingham and Bletchley parliamentary constituency.