Bletchley and Fenny Stratford is a civil parish with a town council, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It was formed in 2001 from the unparished area of Milton Keynes, and according to the 2001 census had a population of 13,971. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... Milton Keynes (pronounced ) is a purpose-built, high technology city in the south east of England approximately 50 miles (80km) north of London and mid-way between Oxford and Cambridge. ... Map of Bucks (1904) Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The parish includes the eastern part of Bletchley, Fenny Stratford and Water Eaton. Bletchley is the name of more than one place. ... Fenny Stratford is a town in the Unitary Authority of Milton Keynes, in England. ... Water Eaton is an area of Milton Keynes, England. ...
Bletchley, which includes the hamlet of Water Eaton and until 1881-91 also included part of the market town of FennyStratford, is a large and low-lying parish, watered on the east by the River Ousel and the Grand Junction Canal, which run almost parallel through FennyStratford and Water Eaton.
In the chancel at Bletchley is a remarkable tablet, in memory of Dr. Sparke, rector of the parish, who died in 1616, with his portrait very neatly engraved on copper, and extremely well preserved, being inclosed within a wooden case.
William Cole, the Cambridge antiquary, was rector of Bletchley from 1753 to 1767: the rectory is in the patronage of John Willis esq.
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