Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Weston Underwood is a village and civil parish<ref>Parishes in Milton Keynes Template:Webarchive - Milton Keynes Council.</ref> in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about a mile west of Olney.

The village name 'Weston' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'western estate',<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> possibly referring to the situation of the village in relation to Olney. The affix 'Underwood' refers to the village's location to a nearby forest, probably the Yardley Chase and Whittlewood Forest.

Parish church of St Lawrence

Parish church of St Lawrence

The parish church of St Lawrence is a Grade I listed building,<ref>Template:NHLE</ref> dating from the 12th to the 15th century.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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Notable residents

A notable resident of the village for many years was William Cowper.

See also

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