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{{short description|Civil parish in the City of Milton Keynes, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
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|static_image_name= All Saints Church, Emberton, Bucks in the evening sunshine - geograph.org.uk - 1322225.jpg
|static_image_caption= All Saints Church
|population= 720
|population_ref=(2011 Census including Chicheley)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04001253|title=Emberton|access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref>
|official_name= Emberton
|civil_parish=Emberton
|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= OLNEY
|postcode_district = MK46
|postcode_area= MK 
|dial_code= 01234
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'''Emberton''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Unitary authorities in England|unitary authority area]] of the [[City of Milton Keynes]], in [[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> The village is near the borders with [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Bedfordshire]], just to the south of [[Olney, Buckinghamshire|Olney]], {{convert|4|mi}} north of [[Newport Pagnell]], and {{convert|7|mi}} 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 (UK place)|hamlet]] called [[Petsoe End]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emberton Parish Council {{!}} Milton Keynes |url=https://www.embertonparishcouncil.co.uk/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=www.embertonparishcouncil.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>

The village name is an [[Old English]] word and means ''Eanbeorht's Farm''.  In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 the village was called ''Ambretone'';<ref name=VCH>{{cite book|chapter-url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp338-343 | series = [[Victoria History of the Counties of England]] | publisher= [[Constable & Robinson|Constable & Co. Ltd.]] | title=  A History of the County of Buckingham | chapter= Parishes : Emberton |  volume = 4 | pages=338–343 | date=1927 | editor= William Page}}</ref> in manorial records of 1227 it was ''Emberdestone'', and by the fourteenth century it was Embirtone.<ref name=VCH />

In the twelfth century, the [[Manorialism|manor]] was  owned by the Paynel ''(sic)'' family of Newport Pagnell.<ref name=VCH />  The parish church is dedicated to [[All Saints' Day|All Saints]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Saints' Church Emberton |url=https://www.embertonparishcouncil.co.uk/organisations/all-saints-church/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=www.embertonparishcouncil.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>

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 road|A509]] now runs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Bell and Bear |url=https://thebellandbear.co.uk/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=bellandbear.net}}</ref>

==Clock tower==
At the heart of the village is a clock tower, which was restored in 1972<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emberton Clock Tower |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/8188 |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}</ref> and then renovated with the help of a grant from the [[Heritage Lottery Fund]]. This poem is engraved on a panel below the clock:

{{poem quote|
Time's on the wing, how swift he speeds his way,
Hastening to sink in one continuous day,
Pause passing traveller, "what thy destiny?"
When death unveils a vast eternity
Live then to Christ, in Christ eternal gain
No Christ, No Hope, but everlasting pain.
}}

==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 <ref>{{Cite web |title=SOLAR FARM |url=https://www.embertonparishcouncil.co.uk/solar-farm/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=www.embertonparishcouncil.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[Dan Wheldon]] (1978–2011), one of the biggest names in [[United States|American]] [[motorsport]], hailed from Emberton. Though relatively unknown in his native [[United Kingdom|Britain]], Wheldon became a star in the United States after winning both the [[IndyCar]] championship and the [[Indianapolis 500|Indy 500]] in [[2005 Indianapolis 500|2005]] and [[2011 Indianapolis 500|2011]]. He was killed in a high-speed crash involving 15 cars in the [[2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship|2011 IndyCar season finale]] held in [[Las Vegas]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Henry |first=Alan |date=2011-10-17 |title=Dan Wheldon obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/oct/17/dan-wheldon |access-date=2023-07-28 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Emberton Country Park==
[[File:Country parks.svg|right|35px|Country Park]]
'''Emberton Country Park''' is a {{convert|200|acre|ha km2|adj=on}} [[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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/leisure-tourism-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/emberton-country-park|title=Emberton Country Park|work=[[Milton Keynes Council]]}}</ref> and is the only one in the Milton Keynes UA to be designated as such, and one of five in [[Buckinghamshire]].{{efn|The others are [[Black Park]], [[Langley Park, Buckinghamshire|Langley Park]] and [[Denham, Buckinghamshire|Denham Park]].}}

There are five lakes and a (touring) [[caravan park]] within the park area.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/leisure-tourism-and-culture/parks-and-open-spaces/emberton-country-park Emberton Country Park] (Milton Keynes Council)
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[[Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire]]
[[Category:Areas of Milton Keynes]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Buckinghamshire]]