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Hardmead
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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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Place details

Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.population
88
UK place.population_ref
(2021 census)
UK place.official_name
Hardmead
UK place.civil_parish
Hardmead
UK place.unitary_england
Milton Keynes
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Buckinghamshire
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Milton Keynes North
UK place.post_town
NEWPORT PAGNELL
UK place.postcode_district
MK16
UK place.postcode_area
MK
UK place.dial_code
01234
UK place.os_grid_reference
SP935476
UK place.static_image_name
Hardmead Rectory - geograph.org.uk - 276544.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Hardmead Rectory
UK place.mapframe
yes
UK place.mapframe zoom
11

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Astwood and Hardmead civil parish council
  • Church of St Mary
  • Scheduled monument
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hardmead” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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