Tyringham
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This article is about the village in England. For other uses, see Tyringham (disambiguation).
Tyringham (/ˈtiːrɪŋəm/) is a village in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about a mile and a half north of Newport Pagnell.
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Tyringham | |
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St. Peter's, Tyringham | |
Tyringham Hall and Park | |
Location within Buckinghamshire | |
Population | 250 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP859469 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWPORT PAGNELL |
Postcode district | MK16 |
Dialling code | 01908 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Buckinghamshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
52.114°N 0.745°W / 52.114; -0.745 |
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The village name is an Old English language word, and means 'Tir's home'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Telingham.
There is a theory that the name Tyringham refers to a settlement of Thuringii Germans coming with the Anglo-Saxons in the Dark Ages.[2]