Bancroft

Bancroft is a suburb in , , . Bancroft is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bancroft Roman Villa and Milton Keynes Museum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Stuart and Fiona Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a in the district of in , . Originally a winged-corridor house, the villa eventually became a grand building with mosaics and a formal garden.

Museum
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an independent local museum in the parish of in , . It is mostly run by volunteers with a small number of paid staff.

Bridge
The is an 1830s bridge over the West Coast Main Line near in , England. Built to take a farm track over a new cutting for the London and Birmingham Railway, it was designed by Robert Stephenson, the L&BR's chief engineer and extended in the 1880s when the line was widened.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bradville and Bradwell Abbey.

Suburb
Stantonbury is a district and civil parish of , , England, situated roughly 2 miles north of . The toponym Stanton is derived from an Old English term for "stone-built farmstead" and the bury element from the French family Barri who held it in 1235.

Suburb
Photo: Bogbumper, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Bradwell Priory is a scheduled monument and urban studies site in , , England. It was a Benedictine priory, founded around 1154 and dissolved in 1524.

Town
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a constituent town of , England. It is located in the north-west of the city, beside the West Coast Main Line, the and the river Great Ouse.

Bancroft

Latitude
52.05387° or 52° 3′ 14″ north
Longitude
-0.79128° or 0° 47′ 29″ west
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
Open location code
9C4X3635+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 186064715
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
13266817
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