Filgrave is a hamlet in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.1 2 It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Newport Pagnell and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes.
The hamlet name is an Old English language word, and means 'Fygla's grove'.3 In manorial rolls of 1241 it was listed as Filegrave.
Civil parish
Together with its neighbouring village, it forms the civil parish of Tyringham and Filgrave.
References
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 152 Northampton & Milton Keynes (Buckingham & Daventry) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231715.
- "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780199609086.
External links
External links
Media related to Filgrave at Wikimedia Commons
52°07′32″N 0°43′54″W / 52.12556°N 0.73167°W / 52.12556; -0.73167