Editing Gayhurst (section)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{short description|Civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, England}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|52.1122|-0.7608|display=inline,title}}
|population= 128
|population_ref=(2011 Census)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04001254|title=Gayhurst|accessdate=18 November 2019}}</ref>
|official_name= Gayhurst
|civil_parish=Gayhurst
|unitary_england=  [[Milton Keynes City Council]]
| shire_district = [[City of Milton Keynes]]
|lieutenancy_england=[[Buckinghamshire]]
|region= South East England
|constituency_westminster= [[Milton Keynes North (UK Parliament constituency)|Milton Keynes North]]
|post_town= NEWPORT PAGNELL
|postcode_district = MK16
|postcode_area= MK 
|dial_code= 01908
|os_grid_reference= SP849466
| module = {{Infobox mapframe|stroke-width=1|zoom=12|width=240}} 
}}

'''Gayhurst''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Unitary authorities in England|unitary authority area]] of the [[City of Milton Keynes]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]].<ref name=BMK-parishes>{{cite web |url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/your-council-and-elections/councillors-and-committees/parish-and-town-councils/contact-your-parish-or-town-council | title = Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council | publisher = [[Milton Keynes Council]] | access-date= 10 October 2020}}</ref>  It is about {{convert|2.5|mi}} NNW of [[Newport Pagnell]], and {{convert|5|mi}} north of [[Central Milton Keynes]].

The village name is an [[Old English language]] word meaning 'wooded hill where goats are kept'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Key to English place names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Buckinghamshire/Gayhurst |publisher=Institute for Name-Studies, [[University of Nottingham]] |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref>  In the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086 it was recorded as ''Gateherst''; later names include Goathurst.<ref name=VCH />  At that time the [[Manorialism|manor]] was owned by [[Bishop]] [[Odo of Bayeux]].<ref name=VCH>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp343-347 |series = [[Victoria History of the Counties of England]] |publisher= [[Constable & Robinson|Constable & Co. Ltd.]] |title= A History of the County of Buckingham |chapter = Parishes : Gayhurst |volume = 4 |pages=343{{ndash}}347  |editor= William Paige | date=1927}}</ref>