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Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire

Village in Buckinghamshire, England

Field	Value
official_name	Leckhampstead
static_image_name	Leckhampstead Church - geograph.org.uk - 365473.jpg
static_image_caption	Parish church of the Assumption
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SP7337
label_position	bottom
population	192
population_ref	(2011 Census)
civil_parish	Leckhampstead
unitary_england	Buckinghamshire
lieutenancy_england	Buckinghamshire
region	South East England
country	England
constituency_westminster	Buckingham and Bletchley
post_town	Buckingham
postcode_district	MK18
postcode_area	MK
dial_code	01280
website	Leckhampstead Village

Leckhampstead is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Northamptonshire, about 3 mi north east of Buckingham, and west of Milton Keynes. The village is on the River Leck, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.

History

The toponym is derived from the Old English for "homestead where leeks are grown". In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Lechamstede.

In the middle of the 16th century the village was split into two halves, Leckhampstead Magna and Leckhampstead Parva, with the foundation of a manor house in the latter. However within a couple of centuries the two halves were joined up again when the incumbent of Leckhampstead Magna inherited Leckhampstead Parva.

The manor and living of Leckhampstead were given to Martha Lovelace who was the daughter of the Governor of New York. She married Henry Beauclerk and their only son, also called Henry, inherited the manor in 1788. This Henry had already been given the living of the parish church of the Assumption of the Blesséd Virgin Mary.

The church building is Norman, with a tower that was added in the 13th century. It is a Grade I listed building.

References

Works cited

References

"Area: Leckhampstead (Village): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". [[Office for National Statistics]].
(July 2024). "Location of Buckingham and Bletchley".
(2004-09-23). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford University Press.
{{NHLE. (13 July 1966)

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