Why visit Hanslope
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 3 parks and trails, 5 places to eat, 4 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Railway Bridge 171D (Skew Bridge), Site of Castlethorpe Castle, Grafton Regis Meadow and Little Linford Wood.
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About Hanslope
Hanslope is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) west northwest of Newport Pagnell, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Stony Stratford and 8 miles (13 km) north of Central Milton Keynes. The northern parish boundary is part of the county boundary with Northamptonshire.
From the Wikipedia article Hanslope (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do1
Railway Bridge 171D (Skew Bridge)
Bridge · 3.4 mi
Railway bridge in Wolverton and Greenleys, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Grafton Regis Meadow
Park · 2.5 mi
Nature reserve in the United Kingdom
Little Linford Wood
Park · 2.0 mi
Nature reserve in Buckinghamshire, England
Restaurants and cafes5
The Crispy Duck
Fast food
18 High Street, Milton Keynes
We-Sa 17:00-22:00; Su,Mo 17:00-21:30
History
Hanslope was included in the grant of land to the Norman Maudit (or Mauduit) family by William the Conqueror following the Norman Conquest and the family's seat was Hanslope Castle, which later became Castlethorpe. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the manor was assessed 10 hides and held by Winemar. On 28 November 1215, the castle was captured after William Maudit had started a rebellion against King John and was defeated in battle by the king's men, who were led by Falkes de Bréauté. The castle building has been lost but the grassy mounds of the motte and bailey earthworks survive. After King John's death, Maudit reclaimed his seat and founded a great park in the parish, remnants of which still survive in Hanslope. Isabel Mauduit was the mother of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick (1237–98). From 1293 the Earl was chartered to have a weekly market in Hanslope on Thursdays and a three-day annual market on the eve, day and morrow of the feast of St. James the Great (24, 25 and 26 July).
In the Middle Ages the parish was part of Salcey Forest and Hanslope Park was originally a medieval deer park. Much later, the park was landscaped by Humphry Repton before 1794.
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Hanslope was a centre of Buckinghamshire lacemaking in the 19th century. Early in the 19th century, Hanslope lace was noted as being particularly fine, and in 1862 about 500 women and children in the parish were employed making pillow lace.
The parish has one scheduled monument, one grade I listed building, and 33 grade II listed buildings.
From the History section of Hanslope on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay4
Churches and places of worship5
Castlethorpe SS Simon and Jude
Church · Anglican · 1.5 mi
North Street, Castlethorpe
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Hanslope
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 13 miles away.
- Hartwell 2 mi northwest, about 4 min by car
- Potterspury 4 mi southwest, about 6 min by car
- Roade 4 mi northwest, about 7 min by car
- Newport Pagnell 5 mi southeast, about 8 min by car
- Hackleton 5 mi north, about 8 min by car
- Milton Keynes 6 mi southeast, about 9 min by car
- Blisworth 6 mi northwest, about 10 min by car
- Lavendon 8 mi northeast, about 13 min by car
- Bletchley 9 mi southeast, about 15 min by car
- Northampton 10 mi north, about 16 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Photo credits
- Railway Bridge171D (Skew Bridge), Steve Clarridge, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Grafton Regis Meadow, Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Bartholomew's Church, Furtho, Philip Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0
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