Hardmead
Also known as Hardmead, Buckinghamshire
Hardmead is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the north of the borough, about west of Bedford, north-east of Central Milton Keynes and north east of Newport Pagnell. The village is close to the A422 road, on a very small road linking that to nearby Newton Blossomville. Together with the neighbouring village of Astwood, it forms the civil parish of Astwood and Hardmead.
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Hardmead is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the north of the borough, about west of Bedford, north-east of Central Milton Keynes and north east of Newport Pagnell. The village is close to the A422 road, on a very small road linking that to nearby Newton Blossomville. Together with the neighbouring village of Astwood, it forms the civil parish of Astwood and Hardmead.
The village name is Old English in origin, and means 'Heoruwulf's meadow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was called Herulfmede. 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.
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