Newport Pagnell

History

The town was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Neuport,{{efn|Old English for 'New Market Town'}} but, by that time, the old Anglo-Saxon town was dominated by the Norman invaders. The suffix 'Pagnell' came later when the manor passed into the hands of the Pagnell (Paynel) family. It was the principal town of the Three Hundreds of Newport, the north Buckinghamshire district that had almost the same boundary as the modern City of Milton Keynes unitary authority area. The parish church of St Peter and St Paul is first recorded in the mid-1100s. The Grade I listed Tickford Bridge, over the river Ouzel (or Lovat), was built in 1810; it is one of just a few cast iron bridges in Britain that still carry modern road traffic. Near the footbridge at the side, there is a plaque placed by Newport Pagnell Historical Society that gives details of its history and construction. The Ouzel joins the Great Ouse nearby and a large set of sluice gates used to mitigate downstream flooding is located near the bridge. Between 1817 and 1864, the town was linked to the Grand Junction Canal at Great Linford, via the Newport Pagnell Canal. In 1862, the canal owners sold the route to the London and North Western Railway. At the 2021 census, the population of the civil parish had reached 15,594. * Two buildings or structures listed at Grade I: Tickford Bridge, * One at Grade II*: 84 High St. * A further 118 at Grade II. * The Old Town Hall Chambers, now apartments, were built as a school in the early 19th century.

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  15,032
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  13,259
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,641
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  11,534
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  11,353
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,150
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,354
• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,308

Most recent

• M 3.2 — 2022-02-21
  5 km N of Hockley, United Kingdom
• M 3.1 — 2020-09-22
  5 km N of Aylesbury, United Kingdom
• M 3.9 — 2020-09-08
  2 km WSW of Pitstone, United Kingdom
• M 2.8 — 2015-09-22
  2 km W of Cottesmore, United Kingdom
• M 3.8 — 2015-01-28
  2 km WSW of Market Overton, United Kingdom
• M 3.5 — 2014-04-18
  3 km WSW of Market Overton, United Kingdom