Milton Keynes Definition
Originally a village in Buckinghamshire, now a purpose-built city in south-east England, containing the towns of Bletchley, Wolverton and Stony Stratford and many smaller villages.
Origin of Milton Keynes
From an earlier "Middleton Caynes" when the village was in the manor of the "de Cahaines" family - as seen in a legal record of the 15th century: National Archives; Plea Roll, court of Common Pleas; CP 40 / 0717, for 1440; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no717/bCP40no717dorses/IMG_0998.htm; third entry, first line
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