Sherington

This article is about the village in Milton Keynes. For the village in Wiltshire, see Sherrington.

Sherington
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Sherington  Sherington shown within Buckinghamshire
Population	954
OS grid reference	SP888463
Civil parish	Sherington
Unitary authority	Milton Keynes
Ceremonial county	Buckinghamshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT PAGNELL
Postcode district	MK16
Dialling code	01908
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Buckinghamshire
Ambulance	South Central
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Milton Keynes North
List of places UK England Buckinghamshire

Sherington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes and ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located just north east of Newport Pagnell, by the A509.

Toponymy

The village name is an Old English language word, and means 'Scira's estate'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Serintone. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Laud.

Twin village

The village is twinned with Sameon in France.

Demography

St Peters compared
2001 UK Census	Sherington ward	Milton Keynes UA	England
Population	3,953	207,057	49,138,831
Foreign born	4.9%	9.9%	9.2%
White	98.3%	90.7%	90.9%
Asian	0.7%	4.5%	4.6%
Black	0.2%	2.4%	2.3%
Christian	76%	65.5%	71.7%
Muslim	0.2%	2.3%	3.1%
Hindu	0.1%	1.3%	1.1%
No religion	15.8%	21.6%	14.6%
Unemployed	1.9%	3%	3.3%
Retired	14.3%	9%	13.5%

At the 2001 UK census, the Sherington electoral ward had a population of 3,953. The ethnicity was 98.3% white, 0.7% mixed race, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% black and 0.1% other. The place of birth of residents was 95.1% United Kingdom, 0.5% Republic of Ireland, 1.7% other Western European countries, and 2.7% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 76% Christian, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu, 0.1% Sikh, 0.3% Jewish, and 0.2% Muslim. 15.8% were recorded as having no religion, 0.1% had an alternative religion and 7.2% did not state their religion.

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 41.6% in full-time employment, 11.5% in part-time employment, 15.1% self-employed, 1.9% unemployed, 1.6% students with jobs, 3% students without jobs, 14.3% retired, 6.9% looking after home or family, 2.2% permanently sick or disabled and 1.8% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 17% retail, 12.1% manufacturing, 5.5% construction, 20.2% real estate, 6.9% health and social work, 10.5% education, 6.9% transport and communications, 3.4% public administration, 4.2% hotels and restaurants, 3.9% finance, 4.1% agriculture and 5.3% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in agriculture, education and real estate. There were a relatively low proportion in public administration, and health and social work. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 28.3% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.

Current controversy

As happened earlier at Bow Brickhill to the south of Milton Keynes, a US speculator has bought agricultural land at Abbey View near Sherington Bridge, divided it into domestic sized plots and is attempting to sell these off as suitable for future self-build development, although the land is zoned agricultural and may be expected to remain so for the foreseeable future - the Council's 25-year plan (to 2030) projects that it will remain so.

External links

• Sherington Historical Society
• Sherington Parish Council website
• Sherington village website