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Bow Brickhill - how it got its name It has nothing to do with bricks or bows - read about it here. London End Lane Markham's History of Milton Keynes, Volume One p278 says that constables in 1700 were paid by the mile for conveying prisoners from Stony Stratford jail to Little Brickhill Assizes. Watling Street was a turnpike with tolls charged. Therefore the route taken by the constables was through the fields via Woughton. The Simpson men were bitter, as they were responsible for the upkeep of the turnpike from Fenny Stratford to Loughton, and therefore had reduced income from the tolls. So they decided to prove that the direct route of Stony Stratford to Little Brickhill was along the toll road, much shorter. Geoff Shouler (grandson of May Annie Wootton)
says that right up to the 1960s it was possible to follow the bridlepaths
and lanes route from Old Bradwell Common down through Woughton over the river,
taking a direct line west of the Open University up the lane behind Walton
Church, and after that (he surmises) the route went up to Bow Brickhill, turned
right at the lower part of the hill, through London End Lane, across the lower
part of the hill to Little Brickhill.
Eric Porter The actor and director, 1928-1995, who
achieved fame when he played Soames in the Forsyte Saga in the 1967 26 episode
TV costume drama, lived for a short time in Bow Brickhill at Farm Cottage, 74
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