Emberton
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK place Emberton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, England.<ref>Parishes in Milton Keynes Template:Webarchive - Milton Keynes Council.</ref> The village is near the borders with Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, just to the south of Olney, Template:Convert north of Newport Pagnell, and Template:Convert north-east of Central Milton Keynes.
The parish of Emberton was formed from three villages that were annexed together for ecclesiastical purposes in 1650: Petsoe, Ekeney and Emberton. Today nothing remains of Ekeney and Petsoe only exists as a hamlet called Petsoe End.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The village name is an Old English word and means Eanbeorht's Farm. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was called Ambretone;<ref name=VCH>Template:Cite book</ref> in manorial records of 1227 it was Emberdestone, and by the fourteenth century it was Embirtone.<ref name=VCH />
In the twelfth century, the manor was owned by the Paynel (sic) family of Newport Pagnell.<ref name=VCH /> The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Although there are no shops in the village, there is a village pub called the Bell and Bear on the site of the old Bell Inn. The former Bear Inn was previously situated near Petsoe where the A509 now runs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Clock towerEdit
At the heart of the village is a clock tower, which was restored in 1972<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and then renovated with the help of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This poem is engraved on a panel below the clock:
Nearby geographic featuresEdit
Hollington Wood, a small patch of ancient woodland, lies about a mile south-east of Emberton.
The Milton Keynes Wind Farm is located 2 miles east of Emberton.
There is also an 18ha solar farm at Rectory Farm, Petsoe <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Notable peopleEdit
Dan Wheldon (1978–2011), one of the biggest names in American motorsport, hailed from Emberton. Though relatively unknown in his native Britain, Wheldon became a star in the United States after winning both the IndyCar championship and the Indy 500 in 2005 and 2011. He was killed in a high-speed crash involving 15 cars in the 2011 IndyCar season finale held in Las Vegas.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Emberton Country ParkEdit
Emberton Country Park is a Template:Convert Country park on the river Great Ouse. The original gravel works site where the modern park is located was transformed by Milton Keynes City Council in 1965 into a country park<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is the only one in the Milton Keynes UA to be designated as such, and one of five in Buckinghamshire.Template:Efn
There are five lakes and a (touring) caravan park within the park area.
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External linksEdit
- Emberton Country Park (Milton Keynes Council)
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