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A Secure Future for our Parks

TMK/003/015

“The linear parks of Milton Keynes are what makes this city one of the most distinctive in the country. They enable everyone the convenience of urban life with the pleasures of green open spaces. When Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC) was established, it set as one of its goals the creation of an attractive city, ...
3 Rides in Milton Keynes

TMK/002/014

“There are many possibilities for cycling routes in the Borough of Milton Keynes. With this leaflet we are encouraging families and new riders to visit interesting places along three routes which meet in Newport Pagnell. You can choose an easy afternoon ride or a whole day out with a picnic or pub stop. A glance ...
All about Milton Keynes

TMK/004/003

“Milton Keynes is a fast growing and flourishing city in Buckinghamshire where tradition combines with progress to form a prosperous and happy community. It’s a good place to live and work with a choice of lifestyles for those who move here.”-Introduction “This brochure has given you a brief insight into Milton Keynes in the mid 1980’s. ...
Names in Milton Keynes

TMK/004/023

“Listed below are the areas (sometimes called grid squares) in the city along with the derivation of the name and the main theme(s) used in naming the roads. Only two abbreviations have been used throughout. A Sax for Anglo Saxon/Old English and OS for Ordinance Survey. OS numbers are taken from a 1:2500 scale edition ...
Stowe Landscape Gardens

TMK/003/010

“Stowe is the most important landscape garden in Britain. Throughout the 18th century its owners, the Temple and Grenville families, employed many of the leading architects, landscape gardeners and sculptors to create an idealised classical landscape. The pamphlet provides information on the Temple and Grenville Families of Stowe, the revival, the Stowe landscape Gardens Appeal, the ...
The Amphibians of Milton Keynes: Identification life history and conservation

TMK/003/012

“Milton Keynes, with its multitude of lakes and ponds is a splendid place for amphibians and this leaflet is intended to give a brief description of the species likely to be encountered, their life histories and habitat requirements, along with some ideas of how you can help them to thrive.” This leaflet provides information on amphibians, ...
Picnic sites in Milton Keynes

TMK/003/013

“This leaflet describes the picnic areas and other facilities that can be found in the linear parks of Milton Keynes.”-Introduction This pamphlet provides contact information and information on eleven parks. The parks are; Ouse Valley Park-Millfield, Ouse Valley Park, Bancroft, Great Linford Manor, Tongwell Lake, Linford Wood, Willen Lake, Ouzel Valley Park, Loughton Valley Park, Mount Farm ...
St Lawrence Church Bradwell Village

TMK/004/017

“A church cannot be considered in isolation from its village, of which it is an integral part, representing by its various additions, alterations and monuments, the wealth and aspirations of the generations of villagers that have worshipped in it.”-Introduction There is information on the village, the church, the bells and Bradwell Chapel. There are drawings of the ...
Bletchley Park: Britain's Best Kept Secret

TMK/004/002

“On the even of the Second World War, a closely-knit group of Intelligence Officers began searching the English countryside for a secure, out of town base for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS). Their search finally ended at Bletchley Park. Located 47 miles north-west of London, at a junction of major road and rail ...
Milton Keynes Historic Buildings: Bradwell Windmill

TMK/004/011

“Prior to 1800 local people of Stantonbury and Bradwell probably looked to the numerous watermills on the Ouse and Bradwell Book to provide for their milling needs. But by 1800, the opening of the Grand Junction Canal (now Grand Union Canal) linking London to the Midlands had altered the possibilities of serving a wider market ...
Circular No. 6 Walk: Three Locks/Great Brickhill

TMK/002/002

“The circular walk combines a length of the Grand Union Canal towpath in the Ouzel Valley, with the hilly wooded countryside of the Greensand Ridge. The Three Locks Picnic Site makes a convenient starting place or a shorter walk starts from Great Brickhill village. Inside the leaflet is a map and key. On the map there ...
All about Milton Keynes [Booklet]

TMK/004/006

“The following pages will tell you all about Milton Keynes. It is a growing city which is providing people with an attractive and prosperous place in which to live and work. Homehunters are finding an impressive range of housing. Employment is created by a stream of companies setting up business here. They are attracted by ...
Cycleway Leisure Trail around Central Milton Keynes

TMK/002/013

“This self-guided trail has been designed to provide cyclists of all age groups with the opportunity for visit interesting places along a circular route in the central area of Milton Keynes.” A large map of Milton Keynes showing the cycleway route in red has a key of the trail, facilities and places of interest. Around this ...
Great Linford Arts Centre

TMK/004/016

“As a nation we are being forced to face the inescapable need to adapt to rapid technological advanced and changing patterns of work and leisure, enforced or voluntary…” “…We are aiming to make something special at Great Linford – a creative centre to which people will really want to come – not just to fill in ...
Milton Keynes: What's in a name?

TMK/004/022

“Many people have influenced life in north Buckinghamshire: Ancient Britons, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans and even French lacemakers all left their mark. Aristocrats and artisans, entrepreneurs and farmers played their parts in the creation of the landscape and settlements which existed here until the early 1970s. The importance of continuity and historic roots was recognised ...