Woughton on the Green Estate information
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WOUGHTON ON THE GREEN
Woughton on the Green was a traditional Buckinghamshire Village that is now part of Milton Keynes. It gives its name to the Civil Parish of Woughton, of which it is now a part.
The village was originally just called "Woughton", but by 1750 it was already being referred to as "Wofton on the Green". It has been suggested that the suffix was added to distinguish the village from other nearby places with the same name. On the Green refers to the large grassy area that lay in the centre of the village: the traditional Village Green.
In the Doomsday Book of 1086 Woughton on the Green was recorded as Ulchetone. This is an Anglo Saxon name, which means Eoca's Farm. The village had gained its more modern name by the mid twelfth century when the Manor was recorded as belonging to the Verley family.
By the time of the coronation of Queen Victoria, Woughton on the Green was a large village, due largely to the nearby Grand Union Canal and later to the (West Coast Mainland) railway that passed through to the nearby parish of Wolverton.
Residents still meet and worship at the St. Mary’s Church, and Woughton on the Green has an 16th Century pub the Olde Swan, and the former Woughton House has now been converted in to a Hotel.
Woughton on the Green Councillors:
Roy Kenyon and Peter McDonald
Rubbish Collection day:
Wednesday