{{Short description|Village in Buckinghamshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|52.091|-0.772|display=inline,title}} |population= |official_name= Little Linford |civil_parish=Haversham-cum-Little Linford |unitary_england= Milton Keynes |lieutenancy_england= Buckinghamshire |region= South East England |constituency_westminster= Milton Keynes North |post_town= MILTON KEYNES |postcode_district = MK19 |postcode_area= MK |dial_code= 01908 |os_grid_reference= SP842443 |static_image=Hall Farm buildings - geograph.org.uk - 2821530.jpg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-point = on }} '''Little Linford''' is a village in the civil parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/your-council-and-elections/councillors-and-committees/parish-and-town-councils/contact-your-parish-or-town-council | title = Contact your parish or town council | publisher = Milton Keynes Council | access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> in the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. Located near the M1 motorway, the village is about {{convert|2|mi}} north-west of Newport Pagnell and {{convert|3.5|mi}} north of Central Milton Keynes. The village is separated from its neighbour and namesake Great Linford (and the rest of the Milton Keynes urban area) by the floodplain of the River Great Ouse.
'Linford' is an Old English word that means 'ford where maple trees grow'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as ''Linforde''.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url= https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol4/pp392-395 | chapter = Parishes : Little Linford |series = Victoria History of the Counties of England | title= A History of the County of Buckingham | volume= 4 | date=1927 | pages = 392{{ndash}}395 |editor= William Page |publisher= Constable & Co. Ltd. | location = London }}</ref>
Little Linford was initially a hamlet in the manor of Linford. The manor straddled the Great Ouse. The larger part of the manor south of the river became the parish of Great Linford. The part of the manor north of the river became known as Little Linford, and formed part of the ancient parish of Newport Pagnell. A chapel of ease dedicated to St Leonard and St Andrew was built to serve Little Linford, with the oldest part of the current building dating back to the 13th century.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Leonard and St Andrew|grade=II*|num=1212140}}</ref> Little Linford was subsequently made a separate parish from Newport Pagnell in 1735.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Youngs |first1=Frederic |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume I, Southern England |date=1979 |publisher=Royal Historical Society |location=London |isbn=0901050679 |page=37}}</ref>
In 1934, the parish of Little Linford was merged with the neighbouring parish of Haversham to become a new civil parish called Haversham-cum-Little Linford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10116776|title=Relationships and changes Little Linford CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref> At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Little Linford had a population of 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10116776/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Little Linford CP/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=9 August 2023}}</ref>
==Little Linford Wood== Little Linford Wood is owned by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Today it is one of the best habitats for dormice, which were transferred to Little Linford Wood from Kent when the Channel Tunnel rail link was being constructed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbowt.org.uk/nature-reserves/little-linford-wood |title= Little Linford Wood | publisher= Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust | access-date= 11 October 2020}}</ref>
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Category:Villages in Buckinghamshire Category:Areas of Milton Keynes Category:Former civil parishes in Buckinghamshire