Milton Keynes Heritage

General Information about Milton Keynes

General information about Milton Keynes

Because Milton Keynes is famous as a new city, visitors to the borough could be forgiven for assuming that Milton Keynes has no history - nothing could be further from the truth! This section of MKWeb makes for interesting reading as you can find out about MK's history and heritage, the surrounding towns and villages, as well as population statistics.

Life in Milton Keynes

Life in MK

The CLUTCH Club website features original stories documenting aspects of life in the Milton Keynes area over the last 150 years.

MK Statistics

Statistics MK

For information on population, age structures, crime, employment, unemployment, housing.

Have You 'Herd' the 'Moos' ?

Concrete Cows

The world-renown Concrete Cows, Milton Keynes' best-loved pieces of art, have been loaned to Midsummer Place Shopping Centre.

Mk Heritage Gateway

Lace Maker

The Milton Keynes Heritage site features masses of information about the history of the local area.

The Name of Milton Keynes

Name of MK

Milton Keynes is the name of one of the villages that were in the original designated area of the new "city" of Milton Keynes.

Learning in MK

Bradwell Chapel

The City Discovery Centre was set up in 1987 and adopted the heritage site of Bradwell Abbey as its permanent base in 1992.

Heritage in the Area

Museum

The Association currently comprises some 22 members including three registered museums and numerous local history societies.

Borough of MK

Large Location Map

Milton Keynes Borough is conveniently located midway between Birmingham and London and bounded by Beds, Northants and Bucks.

Modern Milton Keynes

Open University

Milton Keynes is a city of contrasts. It combines the fun and enjoyment of city living with plenty of scope for leisure.

Milton Keynes Coat of Arms

Coat of Arms

In 1973, the newly-created Milton Keynes Borough Council applied to the College of Arms for an official grant of Arms.

History of Milton Keynes

Gt Linford Church

As a new city, visitors to Milton Keynes may assume that it has no history - nothing could be further from the truth!

Living Archive

Residents Group

Living Archive is a unique organisation whose work is based on the simple premise that 'Everybody has story to tell'.

 

To find out more about Living Archive read our dedicated article:

Urbanis

International Collaboration

URBANIS is a collaboration between Milton Keynes Council(England), the Museum fur Antike Schiffahrt (Mainz in Germany) and the Museo della Civilta Romana (Rome).

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