Английская Википедия:Emberton
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox UK place Emberton is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, in Buckinghamshire, England.[1] The village is near the borders with Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, just to the south of Olney, Шаблон:Convert north of Newport Pagnell, and Шаблон: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.[2]
The village name is an Old English word and means Eanbeorht's Farm. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was called Ambretone;[3] in manorial records of 1227 it was Emberdestone, and by the fourteenth century it was Embirtone.[3]
In the twelfth century, the manor was owned by the Paynel (sic) family of Newport Pagnell.[3] The parish church is dedicated to All Saints.[4]
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.[5]
Clock tower
At the heart of the village is a clock tower, which was restored in 1972[6] 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 features
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 [7]
Notable people
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.[8]
Emberton Country Park
Emberton Country Park is a Шаблон: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[9] and is the only one in the Milton Keynes UA to be designated as such, and one of five in Buckinghamshire.Шаблон:Efn
There are five lakes and a (touring) caravan park within the park area.
Notes
References
- ↑ Parishes in Milton Keynes Шаблон:Webarchive - Milton Keynes Council.
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External links
- Emberton Country Park (Milton Keynes Council)
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