
Bow Brickhill

Bow Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located just south of Milton Keynes itself, approximately east of Fenny Stratford and west of Woburn Sands.
The village name is a combination of Brythonic and Old English words for 'hill' (Brythonic: "breg", Anglo Saxon "hyll"). The prefix 'Bow' comes from an Anglo Saxon personal name, "Bolla". The various names of the village given in historic records were "Brichelle" (11th century); "Brichull" (12th century); "Bolle Brichulle", "Bellebrikhulle" (13th century)., "Bolbrykhull" "Bolbryghyll" (15th century, 1418)
The Church of England parish church of All Saints stands apart from the rest of the village, on the side of a steep hill. The church probably dates from the 12th century but heavy remodelling in the 15th century obliterated most of the earlier details. The church was extensively restored by Browne Willis in 1757.
The hymn tune "Bow Brickhill" by Sydney Nicholson was composed in honour of All Saints' parish church, after Nicholson and his choristers from Westminster Abbey performed there in 1923.
Bow Brickhill railway station, about west of the village, is on the Marston Vale Line that links and .