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|static_image_caption = St Nicholas Church, Lillingstone Dayrell, 2009 |
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| 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> |
| 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 |
'''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]]. |
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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]]. |
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> |
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==Notable buildings== |
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==Church of St Nicholas of Myra== |
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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]]. |
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Lillingstone House is the ancient seat of the Dayrell family. |
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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> |
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==Notable people== |
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*[[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> |
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== Civil parish == |
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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> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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*Eleonora Dayrell, ''The History of the Dayrells of Lillingstone Dayrell'' (1885) |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{Commons category|Lillingstone Dayrell}} |
{{Commons category|Lillingstone Dayrell}} |
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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] |
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* [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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{{Aylesbury Vale}} |
{{Aylesbury Vale}} |
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[[Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire]] |
[[Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire]] |
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[[Category:Former civil parishes in Buckinghamshire]] |
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Buckinghamshire]] |
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[[Category:Robarts family|Lillingstone Dayrell]] |
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Latest revision as of 22:05, 22 November 2023
Lillingstone Dayrell | |
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St Nicholas Church, Lillingstone Dayrell, 2009 | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 103 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP705395 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BUCKINGHAM |
Postcode district | MK18 |
Dialling code | 01280 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- Gerald Robarts (1878–1961), banker, soldier, and notable squash player, lived at Lillingstone Dayrell House.[4]
Civil parish
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics 2011 Census Accessed 3 February 2013
- ^ '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
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson, Geoffrey K. Brandwood, Buckinghamshire (1994), p. 432
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 33299 dated 2 August 1927, p. 5002
- ^ "Population statistics Lillingstone Dayrell CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Aylesbury Vale Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Eleonora Dayrell, The History of the Dayrells of Lillingstone Dayrell (1885)