Moulsoe is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the border with Bedfordshire, and just east of the M1, situated about ESE of Newport Pagnell, and about NNE of Central Milton Keynes. The main road through the village is the Newport Road coming from the west, changing to the Cranfield Road going east at a bend by the church.

The village name is an Old English language word which means 'Mul's hill spur'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Moleshou.

There are several old thatched dwellings. Other buildings are of brick apart from some concrete council houses to the west. The parish church dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building. There is an inn, the Carrington Arms, and a village hall, the Millennium Hall.

Caldecote

Caldecote (} is a tiny hamlet off Willen Raod at the northeast corner of the parish, notable because of it being mentioned in Domesday because it had two watermills.

<span class="anchor" id="MK East"></span> Milton Keynes East

Milton Keynes East (also MK East) is a substantial new development at the northern end of the parish, with strategic development approval for 5,000 houses and for employment.

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File:Thatched Moulsoe12.JPG|Yew Tree Cottage, Newport Road

File:Carrington Arms Moulsoe.jpg|The Carrington Arms, Cranfield Road

File:St Mary's Moulsoe.JPG|St Mary's church, view from Newport Road

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See also

  • Adjacent parishes
  • Newport Pagnell
  • North Crawley
  • Cranfield (Bedfordshire)
  • Broughton and Milton Keynes
  • Great Linford
  • Hulcote and Salford (Bedfordshire)

References

  • Moulsoe on
  • Caldecote on