Medieval Manor House (Site)

Standing here provides a view over the west wall of the churchyard into what is now part of "Middleton Park", an open space managed by MK Parks Trust.
Looking nearer, can you make out a higher area surrounded by the remains of ditches. The first ditch is just over the wall here and the other about 25 yards further on. This was where the Lord of the Manor Philip de Aylesbury had his manor house. He was a man of considerable means as Lord of several manors in the MK area as well as others in Bucks. This church is his legacy. He oversaw its extensive rebuilding undertaken in about 1330, so the building is approaching its 700th year.

There was a previous church on this site as well as other buildings next to the cricket field - once the site of Glebe Farm and the Saxon Cemetery discovered in 1992. Very little remains of the earlier church here except the chancel arch which has handsome late Norman / Early English capitals. Philip's church has expensive detailing in the masonry which would more often have been found in much more important buildings.