Milton Keynes (i/ˌmɪltənˈkiːnz/mil-tən-KEENZ), locally abbreviated to MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes and was formally designated as a new town on 23 January 1967, with the design brief to become a "city" in scale. It is located about 45 miles (72km) north-west of London.
At the 2011 census, the population of the Milton Keynes urban area, including the adjacent Newport Pagnell and Woburn Sands, was 229,941, and that of the wider borough, which has been a unitary authority independent of Buckinghamshire County Council since 1997, was 248,800, compared with a population of around 53,000 for the same area in 1961.
It borders the non-metropolitan counties of Buckinghamshire (the area under the control of Buckinghamshire County Council), Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. The principal settlement in the borough is Milton Keynes itself, which accounts for about 33% of its area and 90% of its population.
Middleton is a civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is centred on Milton Keynes Village, the village that gave its name to the 'New City' of Milton Keynes, which began to be developed during the late 1960s. The Village also gives its name to the local civil parish, of which Middleton is the more populated district.
The village was originally known as Middeltone (11th century); then later as Middelton Kaynes or Caynes (13th century); Milton Keynes (15th century); and Milton alias Middelton Gaynes (17th century). After the Norman invasion, the de Cahaines family held the manor from 1166 to the late 13th century as well as others in the country (Ashton Keynes, Somerford Keynes, and Horsted Keynes). During this time the village became known as Middleton de Keynes eventually shortening to Milton Keynes.
The original core village of the district, along Walton Road and Broughton Road, has retained its "Milton Keynes" road signs and has an attractive collection of rural village houses and a thatched pub which dates back to the 13th century. It is now known as "Milton Keynes Village".
This history of Milton Keynes details its development from the earliest human settlements, through the plans for a 'new city' for 250,000 people in south central England, its subsequent urban design and development, to the present day. (Milton Keynes is a large town in South East England, founded in 1967).
Overview
On 23 January 1967 when the formal new town designation order was made, the 21,870 acres (8,850ha), area to be developed was largely farmland and undeveloped villages. Before construction began, every area was subject to detailed archaeological investigation: doing so has exposed a rich history of human settlement since Neolithic times and has provided a unique insight into the history of a large sample of the landscape of north Buckinghamshire.
From its establishment in 1967 to its abolition in 1992, the Milton Keynes Development Corporation created by far the largest and most ambitious of the British new towns: indeed its objective was to build a new city of 250,000 people. Many of Britain's most acclaimed building and landscape architects contributed to what was to be a show-piece of British design. Unlike previous new towns, Milton Keynes has a preponderance of privately funded development but these developments were subject to an exacting design brief in line with the design principles laid out in The Plan for Milton Keynes.
The Borough of Milton Keynes was established in 1974, seven years after the new town was first designated. Before 1983, the Borough was part of the Buckingham constituency; however, its population had expanded to such an extent that a new constituency was created. The sitting Buckingham MP, William Benyon of the Conservative Party, was elected for the new seat, and was its only ever MP.
Much like The Open University, its home Milton Keynes took a less than conventional approach to existing norms when it was designed.
Very few places in England elicit the type of response that you might get when you mention the words Milton Keynes, like the Royal family the very existence of Milton Keynes is considered contentious and many people have very strong opinions about whether it should exist at all.
For some the idea that a group of town planners could create a purposed built city over the course of a few decades that hasn’t evolved over hundreds of years feels unnatural and even borders on blasphemous.
But in a country where the government is struggling to manage an ever-increasing population could the ideas behind Milton Keynes be more important than ever before.
To mark th...
published: 28 Jul 2017
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New Town, Home Town. (Milton Keynes Edit)
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Milton Keynes: the Birth of a City
Milton Keynes is 54 on 23 Jan 2021! Watch our new film (made at the end of 2020, when we were 53) featuring a selection of key characters, in our interpretation of how things might have been! Join in with Fred Roche’s vision, build a Redway with Margaret Durbridge, chat to the Community Worker, meet a farmer, move into a new house, design Netherfield with Derek Walker, listen to someone from the Middle Ages and become a New Town Heritage Explorer!
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Much like The Open University, its home Milton Keynes took a less than conventional approach to existing norms when it was designed.
Very few places in England...
Much like The Open University, its home Milton Keynes took a less than conventional approach to existing norms when it was designed.
Very few places in England elicit the type of response that you might get when you mention the words Milton Keynes, like the Royal family the very existence of Milton Keynes is considered contentious and many people have very strong opinions about whether it should exist at all.
For some the idea that a group of town planners could create a purposed built city over the course of a few decades that hasn’t evolved over hundreds of years feels unnatural and even borders on blasphemous.
But in a country where the government is struggling to manage an ever-increasing population could the ideas behind Milton Keynes be more important than ever before.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Milton Keynes The Open University has made the documentary; Understanding Milton Keynes, a film that aims to deconstruct many of the myths that exist about the city and offer a thorough examination of the ideas, history and development of Milton Keynes divided into various sections, each one looking at a distinctively different facet of the city.
The videos explore everything from the sociological ideas behind the development of Milton Keynes, through to its commitment to public art and how organisations like The Parks Trust provide a unique model for maintaining green spaces
Drone Footage supplied by Sky Cam Productions
www.skycamproductions.co.uk
(Part 1 of 2)
Playlist link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBmcDAwjhso&list=PLhQpDGfX5e7DA0ffsnIBYQaeEhINNerSb
Transcript - https://media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/3263_transcriptsforyoutubecollectionsthatmightnotg/transcript/40431_smart_cities_expo_showreel_154610123_-_from_vimeo_via_offliberty.pdf
Learn more about MK from The Open University
Understanding MK hub
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/geography/understanding-milton-keynes
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http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/smart-cities/content-section-overview
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Much like The Open University, its home Milton Keynes took a less than conventional approach to existing norms when it was designed.
Very few places in England elicit the type of response that you might get when you mention the words Milton Keynes, like the Royal family the very existence of Milton Keynes is considered contentious and many people have very strong opinions about whether it should exist at all.
For some the idea that a group of town planners could create a purposed built city over the course of a few decades that hasn’t evolved over hundreds of years feels unnatural and even borders on blasphemous.
But in a country where the government is struggling to manage an ever-increasing population could the ideas behind Milton Keynes be more important than ever before.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Milton Keynes The Open University has made the documentary; Understanding Milton Keynes, a film that aims to deconstruct many of the myths that exist about the city and offer a thorough examination of the ideas, history and development of Milton Keynes divided into various sections, each one looking at a distinctively different facet of the city.
The videos explore everything from the sociological ideas behind the development of Milton Keynes, through to its commitment to public art and how organisations like The Parks Trust provide a unique model for maintaining green spaces
Drone Footage supplied by Sky Cam Productions
www.skycamproductions.co.uk
(Part 1 of 2)
Playlist link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBmcDAwjhso&list=PLhQpDGfX5e7DA0ffsnIBYQaeEhINNerSb
Transcript - https://media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/3263_transcriptsforyoutubecollectionsthatmightnotg/transcript/40431_smart_cities_expo_showreel_154610123_-_from_vimeo_via_offliberty.pdf
Learn more about MK from The Open University
Understanding MK hub
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/geography/understanding-milton-keynes
Study a free course on Smart Cities
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/smart-cities/content-section-overview
The Open University is the world’s leading provider of flexible, high quality online degrees and distance learning, serving students across the globe with highly respected degree qualifications, and the triple accredited MBA. The OU teaches through its own unique method of distance learning, called ‘supported open learning’ and you do not need any formal qualifications to study with us, just commitment and a desire to find out what you are capable of.
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Witness the ambitious plans for Milton Keynes in 1973 – born out of a ‘muddy battleground’.
Explore Buckinghamshire on film for free: http://theb.fi/1NYsVPJ
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Witness the ambitious plans for Milton Keynes in 1973 – born out of a ‘muddy battleground’.
Explore Buckinghamshire on film for free: http://theb.fi/1NYsVPJ
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.
Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/
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Witness the ambitious plans for Milton Keynes in 1973 – born out of a ‘muddy battleground’.
Explore Buckinghamshire on film for free: http://theb.fi/1NYsVPJ
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.
Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/
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An edited version of the BBC documentary 'New Town, Home Town' focussing purely on the Milton Keynes related content. All material copyright held by the BBC.
An edited version of the BBC documentary 'New Town, Home Town' focussing purely on the Milton Keynes related content. All material copyright held by the BBC.
An edited version of the BBC documentary 'New Town, Home Town' focussing purely on the Milton Keynes related content. All material copyright held by the BBC.
Milton Keynes is 54 on 23 Jan 2021! Watch our new film (made at the end of 2020, when we were 53) featuring a selection of key characters, in our interpretation...
Milton Keynes is 54 on 23 Jan 2021! Watch our new film (made at the end of 2020, when we were 53) featuring a selection of key characters, in our interpretation of how things might have been! Join in with Fred Roche’s vision, build a Redway with Margaret Durbridge, chat to the Community Worker, meet a farmer, move into a new house, design Netherfield with Derek Walker, listen to someone from the Middle Ages and become a New Town Heritage Explorer!
'An contemporary impression of how Pooleyville would look'
Copyright Buckinghamshire Archives.
Milton Keynes is 54 on 23 Jan 2021! Watch our new film (made at the end of 2020, when we were 53) featuring a selection of key characters, in our interpretation of how things might have been! Join in with Fred Roche’s vision, build a Redway with Margaret Durbridge, chat to the Community Worker, meet a farmer, move into a new house, design Netherfield with Derek Walker, listen to someone from the Middle Ages and become a New Town Heritage Explorer!
'An contemporary impression of how Pooleyville would look'
Copyright Buckinghamshire Archives.
Much like The Open University, its home Milton Keynes took a less than conventional approach to existing norms when it was designed.
Very few places in England elicit the type of response that you might get when you mention the words Milton Keynes, like the Royal family the very existence of Milton Keynes is considered contentious and many people have very strong opinions about whether it should exist at all.
For some the idea that a group of town planners could create a purposed built city over the course of a few decades that hasn’t evolved over hundreds of years feels unnatural and even borders on blasphemous.
But in a country where the government is struggling to manage an ever-increasing population could the ideas behind Milton Keynes be more important than ever before.
To mark the 50th anniversary of Milton Keynes The Open University has made the documentary; Understanding Milton Keynes, a film that aims to deconstruct many of the myths that exist about the city and offer a thorough examination of the ideas, history and development of Milton Keynes divided into various sections, each one looking at a distinctively different facet of the city.
The videos explore everything from the sociological ideas behind the development of Milton Keynes, through to its commitment to public art and how organisations like The Parks Trust provide a unique model for maintaining green spaces
Drone Footage supplied by Sky Cam Productions
www.skycamproductions.co.uk
(Part 1 of 2)
Playlist link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBmcDAwjhso&list=PLhQpDGfX5e7DA0ffsnIBYQaeEhINNerSb
Transcript - https://media-podcast.open.ac.uk/feeds/3263_transcriptsforyoutubecollectionsthatmightnotg/transcript/40431_smart_cities_expo_showreel_154610123_-_from_vimeo_via_offliberty.pdf
Learn more about MK from The Open University
Understanding MK hub
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/geography/understanding-milton-keynes
Study a free course on Smart Cities
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/smart-cities/content-section-overview
The Open University is the world’s leading provider of flexible, high quality online degrees and distance learning, serving students across the globe with highly respected degree qualifications, and the triple accredited MBA. The OU teaches through its own unique method of distance learning, called ‘supported open learning’ and you do not need any formal qualifications to study with us, just commitment and a desire to find out what you are capable of.
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Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OUFreeLearning
Witness the ambitious plans for Milton Keynes in 1973 – born out of a ‘muddy battleground’.
Explore Buckinghamshire on film for free: http://theb.fi/1NYsVPJ
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.
Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/
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An edited version of the BBC documentary 'New Town, Home Town' focussing purely on the Milton Keynes related content. All material copyright held by the BBC.
Milton Keynes is 54 on 23 Jan 2021! Watch our new film (made at the end of 2020, when we were 53) featuring a selection of key characters, in our interpretation of how things might have been! Join in with Fred Roche’s vision, build a Redway with Margaret Durbridge, chat to the Community Worker, meet a farmer, move into a new house, design Netherfield with Derek Walker, listen to someone from the Middle Ages and become a New Town Heritage Explorer!
'An contemporary impression of how Pooleyville would look'
Copyright Buckinghamshire Archives.
Milton Keynes (i/ˌmɪltənˈkiːnz/mil-tən-KEENZ), locally abbreviated to MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes and was formally designated as a new town on 23 January 1967, with the design brief to become a "city" in scale. It is located about 45 miles (72km) north-west of London.
At the 2011 census, the population of the Milton Keynes urban area, including the adjacent Newport Pagnell and Woburn Sands, was 229,941, and that of the wider borough, which has been a unitary authority independent of Buckinghamshire County Council since 1997, was 248,800, compared with a population of around 53,000 for the same area in 1961.