Sherington

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.108
longitude= -0.704
population=
official_name= Sherington
unitary_england= Milton Keynes
lieutenancy_england=Buckinghamshire
region= South East England
constituency_westminster= North East Milton Keynes
post_town= NEWPORT PAGNELL
postcode_district = MK16
postcode_area= MK
dial_code= 01908
os_grid_reference= SP888463

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

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.

The village is twinned with Sameon in France.

Current controversy

As happened earlier [ [http://money.guardian.co.uk/investments/story/0,,1582208,00.html The new game of patience] (The Guardian)] 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 [ [http://www.miltonkeynestoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=415&ArticleID=1434308 Land sales lead to a panic] Milton Keynes Citizen / Milton Keynes Today] to sell these off as suitable "in the future" for self-build development. 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. Residents are not so much "panicked" as bemused by the gullibility of anyone who falls for this scheme.

Demography

As of 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.cite web | title = Neighbourhood Statistics | publisher = Statistics.gov.uk | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=5939929&c=Sherington&d=14&g=410018&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1208649098093&enc=1&domainId=16 | accessdate = 2008-04-20]

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.sheringtonfc.co.uk Sherington Football Club]