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Furzton Lake. Furzton is a district in south-west Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and in the civil parish of Shenley Brook End [1] [2] The man-made Furzton Lake is a balancing lake that covers approximately half of the district. The district lies just north of Bletchley, and roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Central Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes (/ k iː n z / ⓘ KEENZ) is a city [c] in Buckinghamshire, England, about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. [b] At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was 264,349. [7] The River Great Ouse forms the northern boundary of the urban area; a tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and ...
On 15 February 2019, British teenager Leah Croucher disappeared on her morning walk to work from Emerson Valley to Knowlhill in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.In October 2022, Croucher's remains were found in a property in Furzton.
The Milton Keynes Hoard of Bronze Age torcs and bracelets, on display at the British Museum. 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 northern Southeast England, its subsequent urban design and development, to the present day.
The village name 'Shenley' is an Old English language word meaning 'bright clearing'. [4] In the Domesday Book of 1086 the area was collectively known as Senelai. [5]The distinction between the Brook End and the Church End happened in the 12th century when a new manor house was constructed in Shenley Brook End by the Mansell family.
The City of Milton Keynes is a borough with city status, in Buckinghamshire, England. [3] It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region . The borough abuts Bedfordshire , Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire.
In October 2006, Mitchells & Butlers sold off 102 of its smaller community pubs to Chorley-based Trust Inns for £101 million. [23] On 15 July 2010, it was announced that Travelodge had acquired the leases of 52 Innkeeper's Lodge Hotels around Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Leeds areas from Mitchells & Butlers. [24]
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