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''See also: - [[Lillingstone Lovell]]''

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|static_image_caption = St Nicholas Church, Lillingstone Dayrell, 2009
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|civil_parish= Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey
| population = 103
| population = 103
| population_ref = <ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=792057&c=Lillingstone+Dayrell&d=16&e=15&g=424282&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1216509511038&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Neighbourhood Statistics 2001 Census]</ref>
| population_ref = (2011 Census)<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125602&c=Lillingstone+Dayrell&d=16&e=62&g=6403923&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1359913750067&enc=1 Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census] Accessed 3 February 2013</ref>
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|region= South East England
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'''Lillingstone Dayrell''' is a [[village]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. It is in [[Aylesbury Vale]], about three and a half miles north of [[Buckingham]], eight miles west of [[Milton Keynes]] and five miles south of [[Towcester]]. '''Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey''' and the neighbouring [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of '''Lillingstone Lovell''' are separate [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]]es within [[Aylesbury Vale]] district.
'''Lillingstone Dayrell''' is a village and former [[civil parish]], now in the parish of Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey, in [[Buckinghamshire]], England. It is about three and a half miles north of [[Buckingham]], eight miles west of [[Milton Keynes]] and five miles south of [[Towcester]].


The village name 'Lillingstone' is [[Old English language|Anglo Saxon]] in origin, and means 'Lytel's boundary stone', referring to the proximity of both places to the border with [[Northamptonshire]]. In the [[Domesday Book]] of [[1086]] both settlements were recorded jointly as ''Lillingestan'' though already at that time there were two [[Manorialism|manor]]s owned respectively by the Dayrell and Lovell families. The affix 'Dayrell' was first recorded in [[1166]].
The village name 'Lillingstone' is [[Old English language|Anglo Saxon]] in origin, and means 'Lytel's boundary stone', referring to the proximity of both places to the border with [[Northamptonshire]]. In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, both settlements were recorded jointly as ''Lillingestan'' though already at that time there were two [[Manorialism|manor]]s owned respectively by the Dayrell and Lovell families. The suffix 'Dayrell' (as 'Dayerell') was first recorded in the fourteenth century. The Dayrell family were Lords of the Manor from the fourteenth century until the 1880s.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62564 'Parishes : Lillingstone Dayrell']{{spaced ndash}}[[Victoria History of the Counties of England]], ''A History of the County of Buckingham:'' Volume 4 (1927), pp. 187-191. Date accessed: 14 January 2012</ref>


==Notable buildings==
The [[parish]] church of Lillingstone Dayrell is dedicated to [[Saint Nicholas|St Nicholas of Myra]].
The [[parish]] church of Lillingstone Dayrell is dedicated to [[Saint Nicholas|St Nicholas of Myra]].

Lillingstone House is the ancient seat of the Dayrell family.

In 1882, the banker Abraham John Robarts, of Robarts, Lubbock & Co., then the tenant of Lillingstone House, built Tile House in the village for himself, designed by [[Ewan Christian]]. This is described by [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] as “Neo-Elizabethan, big and forbidding with groups of huge chimneys.”<ref>Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson, Geoffrey K. Brandwood, ''Buckinghamshire'' (1994), p. 432</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Gerald Robarts]] (1878–1961), banker, soldier, and notable squash player, lived at Lillingstone Dayrell House.<ref>The London Gazette, issue 33299 dated 2 August 1927, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33299/page/5002/data.pdf p. 5002]</ref>

== Civil parish ==
In 1961 the parish had a population of 121.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10198653/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Lillingstone Dayrell CP/AP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 2001 the parish was abolished and merged with [[Luffield Abbey]] to form "Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/aylesbury%20vale.html|title=Aylesbury Vale Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref>


==References==
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==Further reading==
*Eleonora Dayrell, ''The History of the Dayrells of Lillingstone Dayrell'' (1885)


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/buckinghamshire.html The deserted medieval village and the surviving church]
*[http://www.abandonedcommunities.co.uk/buckinghamshire.html The deserted medieval village and the surviving church]
* [http://www.northbucksparish.org.uk/ North Buckingham Parish]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120308034519/http://www.northbucksparish.org.uk/ North Buckingham Parish]


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Lillingstone Dayrell
St Nicholas Church, Lillingstone Dayrell, 2009
Lillingstone Dayrell is located in Buckinghamshire
Lillingstone Dayrell
Lillingstone Dayrell
Location within Buckinghamshire
Population103 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP705395
Civil parish
  • Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUCKINGHAM
Postcode districtMK18
Dialling code01280
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
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52°02′58″N 0°58′43″W / 52.0494°N 0.9787°W / 52.0494; -0.9787

Lillingstone Dayrell is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is about three and a half miles north of Buckingham, eight miles west of Milton Keynes and five miles south of Towcester.

The village name 'Lillingstone' is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Lytel's boundary stone', referring to the proximity of both places to the border with Northamptonshire. In the Domesday Book of 1086, both settlements were recorded jointly as Lillingestan though already at that time there were two manors owned respectively by the Dayrell and Lovell families. The suffix 'Dayrell' (as 'Dayerell') was first recorded in the fourteenth century. The Dayrell family were Lords of the Manor from the fourteenth century until the 1880s.[2]

Notable buildings

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The parish church of Lillingstone Dayrell is dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra.

Lillingstone House is the ancient seat of the Dayrell family.

In 1882, the banker Abraham John Robarts, of Robarts, Lubbock & Co., then the tenant of Lillingstone House, built Tile House in the village for himself, designed by Ewan Christian. This is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as “Neo-Elizabethan, big and forbidding with groups of huge chimneys.”[3]

Notable people

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  • Gerald Robarts (1878–1961), banker, soldier, and notable squash player, lived at Lillingstone Dayrell House.[4]

Civil parish

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In 1961 the parish had a population of 121.[5] On 1 April 2001 the parish was abolished and merged with Luffield Abbey to form "Lillingstone Dayrell with Luffield Abbey".[6]

References

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  1. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census Accessed 3 February 2013
  2. ^ 'Parishes : Lillingstone Dayrell' – Victoria History of the Counties of England, A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 187-191. Date accessed: 14 January 2012
  3. ^ Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson, Geoffrey K. Brandwood, Buckinghamshire (1994), p. 432
  4. ^ The London Gazette, issue 33299 dated 2 August 1927, p. 5002
  5. ^ "Population statistics Lillingstone Dayrell CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Aylesbury Vale Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

Further reading

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  • Eleonora Dayrell, The History of the Dayrells of Lillingstone Dayrell (1885)
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