Middleton, Milton Keynes
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Middleton is an area of Milton Keynes, a city in Buckinghamshire, England, and part of the civil parish of Broughton and Milton Keynes. Its historic centre is Milton Keynes Village, the village that in 1967 gave its name to the city of which it is now a small part.<ref name=name>Template:Cite web</ref> It is delineated by Childs Way to the north, Tongwell Street to the east, Chaffron Way to the south and Brickhill Street to the west. The River Ouzel runs diagonally through it, from west to north.
History
The village was originally known as Middeltone (11th century); then later as Middelton Kaynes or Caynes (13th century); Milton Keynes (15th century); and Milton alias Middelton Gaynes (17th century).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> After the Norman invasion, the de Cahaines family held the manor from 1166 to the late 13th century as well as others in the country (Ashton Keynes in Wiltshire, Somerford Keynes in Gloucestershire, and Horsted Keynes in West Sussex). During this time the village became known as Middleton Keynes,<ref name="CP40/800">Template:Cite web See last paragraph, at the start of line 5, "Middelton Keynes" </ref> eventually shortening to 'Milton Keynes'.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The original core village of the district, along Walton Road and Broughton Road, has retained its "Milton Keynes" road signs and has several rural village houses and a thatched pub which dates back to the 13th century. It is now known as "Milton Keynes Village".
Education
Middleton has two schools, Middleton Primary School and Oakgrove School, a secondary comprehensive. Both were built in the early 2000s, in the southwest of the district.
Community and leisure
There is a pub in the Milton Keynes Village, The Swan Inn. There is a village hall and pavilion. Recreational locations include Middleton Park, the Blue Funnel playground and The Poplar Plantation, a nature reserve. Leisure facilities include football, netball, martial arts and fencing. Other amenities include shops, church, allotments, medical clinic, defibrillators, charging station and fire station.
Governance
Current
Middleton is administered for local affairs by Broughton and Milton Keynes parish council, the tier of local government below Milton Keynes City Council. It is in the Milton Keynes Village ward of the parish,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the Broughton ward of the city council, and the Milton Keynes Central Westminster constituency of national government.
Civil parish
Early in the development of Milton Keynes (the city), the area surrounding Milton Keynes (the village) was given the name Middleton againTemplate:Snd but the original civil parish remained as 'Milton Keynes',<ref>Parishes in Milton Keynes Template:Webarchive - Milton Keynes Council.</ref>Template:Efn and had a joint parish council with Broughton.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> From 1 January 2025, the parishes merged formally to become a single civil parish, 'Broughton and Milton Keynes'.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>