In 1582, Queen Elizabeth I made a grant of Gayhurst Manor "in the event of its reversion to the Crown" to Sir Francis Drake,[4] but there is no record that he ever received it. The house once belonged to Sir Everard Digby (1578–1606),[5] one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.[4] His son, Sir Kenelm Digby (1603–1665), was an English courtier, diplomat, natural philosopher and astrologer.[6] He was born at Gayhurst.
Gayhurst had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where one of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma messages in World War Two were housed.[7]
Listed buildings and structuresedit
The parish has two buildings listed at Grade I,[8] five at Grade II* and 20 at grade II.[9] The (Grade I listed) Church of St Peter was built in the classical style in 1728 to replace a medieval church; the designer is unknown.[10]
gayhurst, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scho. For other uses see Gayhurst disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gayhurst news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Gayhurst is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire England 2 It is about 2 5 miles 4 0 km NNW of Newport Pagnell and 5 miles 8 0 km north of Central Milton Keynes GayhurstGayhurstLocation within BuckinghamshirePopulation128 2011 Census 1 OS grid referenceSP849466Civil parishGayhurstUnitary authorityMilton KeynesCeremonial countyBuckinghamshireRegionSouth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNEWPORT PAGNELLPostcode districtMK16Dialling code01908PoliceThames ValleyFireBuckinghamshireAmbulanceSouth CentralUK ParliamentMilton Keynes NorthList of places UK England Buckinghamshire 52 06 44 N 0 45 39 W 52 1122 N 0 7608 W 52 1122 0 7608 The village name is an Old English language word meaning wooded hill where goats are kept 3 In the Domesday Book in 1086 it was recorded as Gateherst later names include Goathurst 4 At that time the manor was owned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux 4 History editIn 1582 Queen Elizabeth I made a grant of Gayhurst Manor in the event of its reversion to the Crown to Sir Francis Drake 4 but there is no record that he ever received it The house once belonged to Sir Everard Digby 1578 1606 5 one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 4 His son Sir Kenelm Digby 1603 1665 was an English courtier diplomat natural philosopher and astrologer 6 He was born at Gayhurst Gayhurst had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment where one of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma messages in World War Two were housed 7 Listed buildings and structures edit The parish has two buildings listed at Grade I 8 five at Grade II and 20 at grade II 9 The Grade I listed Church of St Peter was built in the classical style in 1728 to replace a medieval church the designer is unknown 10 References edit UK Census 2011 Local Area Report Gayhurst E04001254 Nomis Office for National Statistics Retrieved 18 November 2019 Contact your Parish Town or Community Council Milton Keynes Council Retrieved 10 October 2020 Key to English place names Institute for Name Studies University of Nottingham Retrieved 24 November 2022 a b c d William Paige ed 1927 Parishes Gayhurst A History of the County of Buckingham Victoria History of the Counties of England Vol 4 Constable amp Co Ltd pp 343 347 Yorke Philip Chesney 1911 Digby Sir Everard Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 8 11th ed pp 260 261 Yorke Philip Chesney 1911 Digby Sir Kenelm Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 8 11th ed pp 261 262 Historic England Research Records Gayhurst House Historic Gateway Retrieved 28 November 2022 Historic England Flat numbers 13 to 26 Gayhurst Court 1115951 National Heritage List for England Historic England Church of St Peter Gayhurst Court 1211931 National Heritage List for England Search Results for Gayhurst Historic England Retrieved 24 November 2022 Betjeman J ed 1968 Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches the South London Collins p 127 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gayhurst nbsp This Buckinghamshire location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gayhurst amp oldid 1189444908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,