Weston Underwood by Mike Gillam
Weston Underwood
Weston Underwood is a village close to Olney in Milton Keynes that has grown up around Weston Park, the former parkland of Grade II listed, Weston House.
In fact the main road passes through early 18th Century stone piers (Grade II listed) as you enter High Street.
Weston House itself is the surviving wing of an old mansion that probably dates to the early 18th Century and includes a bay of a former Roman Catholic Chapel.
The village pub, Cowpers Oak with its brick-fronted construction is also Grade II listed dates to the late 18th Century.
Created: 9 December 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Weston Underwood
Local History around Weston Underwood
There are some historic monuments around including:
Tyringham BridgeSettlement remains of the medieval village of Horton, to the east and south of the church, including possible C18 militia works..Ravenstone Priory, moats and fishpondsMoated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope ParkCivil War defences in Bury FieldMoated site and fishponds 280m south-east of St Lawrence's ChurchLavendon Abbey: the site of a Premonstratensian abbey, fishponds and field system at Lavendon GrangeGroup of ring ditches and enclosures at TyringhamOlney BridgeDeserted medieval settlement at Filgrave, immediately west of Rectory FarmBowl barrow at junction of Crofts End and Bedford RoadTickford BridgeMoated site known as Caves Manor immediately east of the Manor HouseSite revealed by aerial photography N of Easton LodgeRoman site at Olney.Wildlife in and Around Weston Underwood
Mammals found in Weston Underwood
There have been 21 species of mammals recorded in the weston-underwood area.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
| Domestic Cat (Felis catus) |
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Birds found in Weston Underwood
There have been 179 species of birds recorded in the weston-underwood area.
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) |
| Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
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