Why visit Lavendon
Townapedia lists 9 museums and landmarks, 2 parks and trails and 3 places to eat in and around town.
Highlights include Cowper and Newton Museum, Roman Site and Emberton Country Park.
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About Lavendon
Lavendon is a village and civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the northernmost village in the Milton Keynes UA and South East England, near Olney, about 8 miles (13 km) WNW of Bedford and 9 miles (14 km) NNE of Central Milton Keynes.
From the Wikipedia article Lavendon (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks9
Cowper and Newton Museum
Museum · 2.2 mi
Museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Lavendon Abbey (site of)
Monument and historic site · 0.9 mi
Scheduled monument|: The site of a Premonstratensian abbey, fishponds and field system at Lavendon Grange
Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Restaurants and cafes3
Churches and places of worship7
Parish Church of All Saints, Turvey
Church · 1.6 mi
Grade I listed church in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Church of St Mary
Church · 2.4 mi
Church in Carlton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Church of St Peter, Harrold, Bedfordshire
Church · 3.0 mi
Grade I listed church in Harrold, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
History
The village name is derived from a personal name and a place-name element from the Old English language (Lafan + denu), and means 'Lafa's valley'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Lavendene and Lawendene.
The village was once the location of a Lavendon Abbey, a Premonstratensian abbey, founded between 1155 and 1158 by John de Bidun. The abbey was suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. It stood at what is now Abbey Farm (formerly Lavendon Grange): this site is a scheduled monument. At Castle Farm are the earthworks of a motte-and-bailey castle created in the twelfth century by de Bidun family as the headquarters of their barony of Lavendon. The castle was last recorded in 1232. It too is a scheduled monument. A third scheduled monument nearby, 'The Bury' (a ringwork), may be a precursor to the castle. The site of Uphoe Manor is yet another scheduled monument.
The village is on the route of the 1936 Jarrow March, there is a small plaque on the churchyard wall to commemorate this.
From the History section of Lavendon on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable people from Lavendon
- Henry Cecil JohnsonBritish businessman
Born in Lavendon, according to Wikidata (CC0). Each name links to its Wikipedia article.
Gas and EV charging1
Applegreen Three Counties
Gas station · 1.4 mi
Warrington Cross Roads, Warrington
Schools, colleges and libraries3
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sywell Aerodrome (ORM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 11 miles away.
- Newport Pagnell 6 mi southwest, about 10 min by car
- Sharnbrook 6 mi northeast, about 10 min by car
- Kempston 8 mi southeast, about 13 min by car
- Rushden 8 mi north, about 14 min by car
- Bedford 9 mi east, about 14 min by car
- Wellingborough 9 mi north, about 15 min by car
- Kempston Hardwick 9 mi southeast, about 14 min by car
- Riseley 9 mi northeast, about 15 min by car
- Milton Keynes 10 mi southwest, about 16 min by car
- Northampton 11 mi northwest, about 17 min by car
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Photo credits
- All Saints Church Turvey, Clintheacock66 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St. Nicholas' Church, Newton Blossomville 25, Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lavedon Castle Earthworks, Nigel Stickells, CC BY-SA 2.0
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