Editing Castlethorpe

{{Short description|Civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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|static_image_caption=    Parish church of St Simon and St Jude
|country =                England
|coordinates = {{coord|52.093|-0.840|display=inline,title}}
|official_name=            Castlethorpe
|civil_parish=             Castlethorpe
|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=        MILTON KEYNES
|postcode_district =       MK19
|postcode_area=            MK  
|dial_code=      01908
| population = 1,047
| population_ref = (2011 Census)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04001249|title=Castlethorpe|accessdate=17 November 2019}}</ref>
 |os_grid_reference=     SP795445
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'''Castlethorpe''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] with a population of about 1,000 in the [[Unitary authorities in England|unitary authority area]] of the [[City of Milton Keynes]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England.<ref>[http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/parishes/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=17026 Parishes in Milton Keynes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608003948/http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/parishes/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=17026 |date=June 8, 2009 }} - Milton Keynes Council.</ref> It is about {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} north-east of [[Stony Stratford]], {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} north-west of [[Newport Pagnell]] and {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} north of [[Central Milton Keynes]]. It is separated from the county of [[Northamptonshire]] by the [[River Tove]].

==History==
{{more|Castlethorpe Castle}}
The village is relatively more recent than those around it, and it started out in life as a castle belonging to the [[lord of the manor]] of nearby [[Hanslope]].<ref name=VCH>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp348-362 'Parishes : Hanslope with Castle Thorpe'], [[Victoria History of the Counties of England]], A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 348-362.</ref>
A settlement of [[servant (domestic)|servant]]s and manual workers grew up around the castle and this became the village of Castlethorpe (''thorpe'' is an [[Old Norse]] language (particularly Danish) word for ''homestead'', and it is not unreasonable to assume that there may well have been a Danish settlement nearby as the area was, if not part of, certainly close to, the [[Danelaw]]). The castle was damaged in 1215 in a feud between [[Foulkes de Brent]]{{snd}} who had been sent by [[John of England|King John]]{{snd}} and William Mauduit, the castle's owner.<ref name=VCH /> Mauduit was reputedly [[First Barons' War|in rebellion against the King]].  Although Mauduit returned to claim his seat after the King's death, the castle was demolished shortly afterward.<ref name=VCH /> All that is left today are the grassy mounds of the former [[Motte and bailey|Motte-and-Bailey castle]]. 

Multi-dwelling fires in the village have been reported in local media, notably those of 1899 and especially 1905 (when 13 cottages were destroyed, leaving 36 people homeless).<ref>{{cite web |title=Castlethorpe Fires |website=Milton Keynes Heritage Association |url=https://www.mkheritage.org.uk/cv/docs/Fire1905/fire1905.html }}</ref>

===Listed buildings and structures===
The parish has one [[scheduled ancient monument]],<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Castlethorpe Castle: a motte and bailey, possible ringwork and associated earthworks 200m south-east of Castlethorpe Lodge |num=1011299 }}</ref> one grade I [[listed building]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1115933 |desc=CHURCH OF ST SIMON AND ST JUDE }}</ref> and twenty grade II.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?searchType=NHLE+Simple&search=Castlethorpe%2C+Milton+Keynes&page=2 |title= Search Results for 'Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes' | publisher=Historic England |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref>

==Ecclesiastic parish==
[[Church of St Simon and St Jude, Castlethorpe|Church of St Simon and St Jude]], the [[parish church]], is dedicated to [[Simon the Canaanite|St Simon]] and [[St Jude]], and possibly dates back to [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] times: although no evidence of a pre-Norman building survives, its existence has been conjectured from the structure of the north [[arcade (architecture)|arcade]].<ref name=VCH />  In 1350, the [[nave]] was widened and the [[chancel]] rebuilt.<ref name=VCH />  The church at Castlethorpe was originally superior to that of Hanslope but [[Robert Grosseteste|Bishop Grosteste]] changed the precedence in about 1250.<ref name=VCH />  Castlethorpe has grown up around the church and some traditional old stone [[cottage]]s at the centre of the village which is designated a [[conservation area]].

==Rail and canal==
[[File:Castlethorpe station, site geograph-3298512-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Site of the station looking south towards London ([[Northampton Loop]] lines on the left)]]
The [[West Coast Main Line]] runs alongside the west side of Castlethorpe, and the village had its [[Castlethorpe railway station|own railway station]] until September 1964 when, to the outrage of the village, it was closed down.<ref>[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/docs/railway/closure.html Castlethorpe Station Closure - 6 September 1964] - Milton Keynes Heritage Association</ref>

The [[Grand Union Canal]] also runs by on the outskirts of the village, and it is a short walk along the towpath to the neighbouring village of [[Cosgrove, Northamptonshire|Cosgrove]] in Northamptonshire.
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==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Castlethorpe}}
*[http://www.castlethorpevillage.org.uk/ Parish Website for the village of Castlethorpe in Milton Keynes]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050829020434/http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Castlethorpe/Index.html Castlethorpe page at UK & Ireland Genealogy]
*[http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/ Castlethorpe Village Historical Records & Photographs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927191247/http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cv/ |date=27 September 2016 }}

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[[Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire]]
[[Category:Areas of Milton Keynes]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire]]