Monday 8 July 2024

Buckinghamshire Places (12) : Bow Brickhill

Bow Brickhill is a village in the east of the county and also an outlying part of Milton Keynes. Bow Brickhill is much older though, it's name derived from the Brythonic and Old English for hill (breg hill), the Bow is Saxon and derived from the name Bolla.

The village's name has changed over the centuries, the earliest records from the 11th century list it as Brichelle and Bolbryghyll in the 15th. The oldest building in the village is the parish church All Saints which stands on a steep hill which overlooks the village, the church dates from the 12th century. A somewhat newer building in the outskirts of the village is the Red Bull Formula 1 team's headquarters!

The village is served by a railway station on the Marston Vale Line.