2000s Great Brickhill
From Wikipedia;
That Great Brickhill survives today as a village is due in no small part to the objections of its residents to the ever-increasing development of Milton Keynes. The expansion of this large urban area has led to parts of the civil parish being swallowed up.
The Duncombe family (the head of whom since 1859 has been a Baronet) continue to live in the village and own the estate; however, they now reside at what used to be the old Rectory near the church. Ironically the rectory is shielded from the empty site of the family’s former more splendid home by a battlemented folly wall, built by a former Duncombe who disliked the vicarso much that he did not wish to see him or his home!
The parish church of St. Mary the Virgin is a Grade II* listed building, dating back to the 13th century.
Village Shop
Great Brickhill no longer has a shop, like so many other villages its bakery and post office are long closed although there is a visiting Post Office at the Parish Hall once a week.
We have one remaining public house, the ‘Old Red Lion’. The Duncombe Arms in Lower Way and the Spinning Wheel in Heath Road have long since gone and are now private houses.
High Ash School
See section on Education
Housing Development in the Village
This is a popular village. Recent newcomers have been London commuters using the excellent train service from Leighton Buzzard and Milton Keynes. The arrival of Gigaclear’s 900 mbs each way Fibre To Properly (FTP) broadband to the village and beyond has transformed the lives of many who want to work from home with high speed broadband connection to meet their business needs.