Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire

Leckhampstead is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Northamptonshire, about 3 miles (5 km) north east of Buckingham, and west of Milton Keynes. The village is on the River Leck, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.

Leckhampstead
Parish church of the Assumption
Leckhampstead Location within Buckinghamshire
Population	192 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP7337
Civil parish	Leckhampstead
Unitary authority	Buckinghamshire
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
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	Buckingham
Website	Leckhampstead Village
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52.0341°N 0.9378°W / 52.0341; -0.9378

History

The toponym is derived from the Old English for "homestead where leeks are grown".^{[citation needed]} In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Lechamstede.

In the middle of the 16th century the village was split into two halves, Leckhampstead Magna and Leckhampstead Parva, with the foundation of a manor house in the latter.^{[citation needed]} However within a couple of centuries the two halves were joined up again when the incumbent of Leckhampstead Magna inherited Leckhampstead Parva.

The manor and living of Leckhampstead were given to Martha Lovelace who was the daughter of the Governor of New York. She married Henry Beauclerk and their only son, also called Henry, inherited the manor in 1788. This Henry had already been given the living of the parish church of the Assumption of the Blesséd Virgin Mary.^[2]

The church building is Norman, with a tower that was added in the 13th century.^[3] It is a Grade I listed building.^[4]

References

1. "Area: Leckhampstead (Village): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
2. Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004), "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. ref:odnb/68371, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68371, retrieved 13 January 2023
3. Pevsner 1960, p. 85.
4. Historic England (13 July 1966). "Church of St Mary (1214985)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

Works cited

• Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Buckinghamshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-14-071019-1.

Further reading

• Page, William, ed. (1927). "Leckhampstead". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. pp. 180–187.

External links

• North Buckingham Parish