Moulsoe

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Moulsoe is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.<ref name=BMK-parishes>Template:Cite web</ref> It is on the border with Bedfordshire, and just east of the M1, situated about Template:Convert ESE of Newport Pagnell, and about Template:Convert NNE of Central Milton Keynes. The main road through the village is the Newport Road coming from the west, changing to the Cranfield Road going east at a bend by the church.

The village name is an Old English language word which means 'Mul's hill spur'.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Moleshou.<ref name=moulsoenet>moulsoe.net/history.htm</ref>

At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 318,<ref name=c2011 /> down slightly from 330 at the 2001 census.<ref>http://www.mkweb.co.uk/statistics/documents/Population%5FBulletin%5F2005%2D6%2Epdf Template:Webarchive, page 22</ref> Template:As of, the parish is mainly rural but a large area just west of the village has been identified for future expansion of Milton Keynes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

There are several old thatched dwellings. Other buildings are of brick apart from some concrete council houses to the west. The parish church dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building.<ref>Template:NHLE</ref> There is an inn, the Carrington Arms, and a village hall, the Millennium Hall.<ref name=MK>www.milton-keynes.gov.uk Template:Webarchive Moulsoe Millennium Hall</ref>