Great Linford, England

Episode 17 / 10 May 2017 / 62 min / full

Fame & Fortune From Serial Murder

"Let's head over to Great Lindford in Milton Keens, Buckinghamshire, England." about 0:04:57

The case: Murders of Dorothy Rogers and Michael Rogers (January 28, 2003). Read the case file.

The figures, as told in 2017

Population

19,350

History, in brief

• Great Linford is named to distinguish it from the even smaller village of Little Linford, which has about 800 people. about 0:06:33
• The first reference to Linford is in 944, when King Edmund gave land at Linforda to his thane Alfia with liberty to leave it to whomever he wished. about 0:07:26
• It appears in the Domesday Book as Linforda. about 0:07:31
• The name is thought to derive from a crossing point on the River Ouse between Great Linford and Little Linford, with linden trees nearby. about 0:07:51
• In the early 16th century the rector of the parish was Dr Richard Napier, a medical practitioner who was also an astrologer and a curer of souls. about 0:08:14
• The civil parish includes Gifford Park, Blakelands, Neath Hill, Pennyland, Tongwell, Conniburrow, Downs Barn and Downhead Park. about 0:08:58
• Linford Manor, later known as Great Linford Manor, was built in 1678 by Sir William Pritchard, who bought the land from the Napier family on the site of an older medieval manor. about 0:09:36
• Pritchard passed the manor on to relatives in 1704. about 0:09:52
• In the late 1970s it was converted, first as an activity centre and then as a recording studio; it is now owned by Pete Winkleman, chairman of Milton Keynes Dons football club. about 0:10:14
• Great Linford was incorporated into Milton Keynes in 1967 along with other north Buckinghamshire villages. about 0:11:56

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