Little Linford is a village

Village

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 in the Borough of Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes (borough)

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 and ceremonial county

Ceremonial counties of England

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 of Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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, England

England

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. It is about a mile west of Newport Pagnell

Newport Pagnell

Newport Pagnell is a town in the Borough of Milton Keynes , England. It is separated by the M1 motorway from Milton Keynes itself, though part of the same urban area...

, near the M1 motorway

M1 motorway

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. Unlike its neighbour and namesake Great Linford

Great Linford

Great Linford is a historic village, district and civil parish in the northern part of Milton Keynes, England, between Wolverton and Newport Pagnell.-Great Linford village:...

 it has yet to be joined up with Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

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Little Linford was initially a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

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 in the manor

Manorialism

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 and ecclesiastical parish of Linford. The parish church is dedicated to St Leonard

Leonard of Noblac

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The traditional parish name 'Linford' is an Old English language

Old English language

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 word that means 'ford where maple trees grow'. In the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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 of 1086 the village was recorded as Linforde. The prefix 'Little' was added to distinguish it from Great Linford.

Civil parish

Little Linford is in the civil parish of Haversham-cum-Little Linford, which also includes Haversham

Haversham

Haversham is a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated just north of Milton Keynes near Wolverton and lies between Newport Pagnell and Stony Stratford. Haversham-cum-Little Linford is a civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes.The village has two...

, and had a population of 803 according to the 2001 census. This merged parish was formed in 1934.