Editing Linford Manor (section)

==History==
The current manor was originally built in 1678  by [[Sir William Pritchard]] on land bought  from the Napier family on the site of an older medieval manor.<ref>{{cite web|title=D-block GB-484000-240000|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-484000-240000/page/13|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref> In 1704 the manor passed to the Uthwatts, his relatives, and extended the house over time. It was originally the manor of [[Little Linford]] as well as of Great Linford.

The four descending ponds are fed by springs that still flow today. Two of the ponds exist on the Manor side of the [[Grand Union Canal]], a third was destroyed during construction and the fourth is still extant on the [[Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line|Railway Path]] side of the canal and can be accessed via steps from that pathway.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Parks Trust "Linford Manor Park"|url=http://www.theparkstrust.com/parks/linford-manor-park |website=Theparkstrust.com|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>

===Since 1970===
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In 1972 the Manor was bought by [[Milton Keynes Development Corporation]] to be an arts centre, flourished briefly with MKDC's financial support, but was closed in 1984.<ref name="pulse">{{cite magazine |magazine=MK Pulse |title=The movers and the shakers who came to the manor |date=27 August 2020 |last=[[Milton Keynes Museum]] |url=https://www.mkpulse.co.uk/the-movers-and-the-shakers-who-came-to-the-manor/ }} (based on {{cite book |title=Milton Keynes{{snd}}Wired For Sound |first=Sammy |last=Jones |publisher=Freaky Publishing |isbn=9781527252127 |date=2020}}) </ref>

In 1984/85 Harry Maloney bought the manor and converted it into a residential recording studio.<ref name="pulse" /> The main studio housed a 48 channel/56 frame SSL recording/mixing desk, and was one of the first UK studios to invest in [[digital recording]].<ref name="pulse" /> Accommodation for artists and producers was offered upstairs in the manor house. A second studio was built in one of the Pavilion Houses opposite the manor (now returned to community arts use). The Pavilion Studio housed a customised vintage analogue Shep/Neve inline desk.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} Accommodation for artists using this studio was in one of the Alms Houses next to the church in the manor park.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Directed by Harry Maloney in the mid-1980s through to the early 1990s, Paul Ward acted as technical manager, Bindi Belle (previously known as Mandie Emmings) bookings manager, Steve Groom house maintenance and gardens, Gary Wilkinson, Nick Blundell & Gordon Bonnar (formerly of the band 'Heavy Pettin') as in-house recording engineers. Dan Short was an assistant engineer.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

The surrounding parkland remains open to the public and is now owned by [[Milton Keynes Parks Trust]]. The park hosted the MK Food Fest for three years from 2017-2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Linford Manor Park|url=http://www.theparkstrust.com/parks/linford-manor-park|work=MK Parks Trust website|accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref>

In 1993, Pete Winkelman bought the manor, and continued using the property as a recording studio.<ref name="pulse" /> Over this time the manor became less used for music recording. Pete Winkelman now uses the manor as his family home. He was a contributor to the Great Linford Waterside Festival, which was organised by a local residents' committee and held over a long weekend every summer in the public Manor Park until 2015.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}