Hardmead

Hardmead is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.[2] It is in the north of the Borough, about seven miles west of Bedford, five miles north east of Newport Pagnell. The village is close to the A422 road, on a very small road linking that to nearby Newton Blossomville. It is in the civil parish of Astwood.

Hardmead
Hardmead Rectory
Hardmead Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	70 (Mid-2010 pop est)[1]
OS grid reference	SP935476
Civil parish	Hardmead
Unitary authority	Borough of Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode district	MK16
Dialling code	01234
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	North Milton Keynes

The village name is Old English in origin, and means 'Heoruwulf's meadow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was called Herulfmede.[3] The village is very small with a population of around 100 people. The nearest pub is located one mile away in Astwood and the nearest shop is about four miles distant.

The former church of St Mary's Hardmead is Grade I listed and parts date from the 12th century.[3] It has been redundant since the 1980s and is now in the care of the charity Friends of Friendless Churches. There are monuments in the church to the Catesby family and to the explorer Robert Shedden.[4]

References

1. "Civil Parish population estimates in England and Wales, mid-2010". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
2. "Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
3. William Page, ed. (1927). "Parishes : Hardmead". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 4. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. pp. 362–366.
4. "St Mary's Hardmead". Friends of Friendless Churches. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011.

External links

Media related to Hardmead at Wikimedia Commons