Bradgate House (16th century) It was lived in by the Grey family for the next 220 years. It is believed that the house was the birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, later Queen, ruling for a mere 9 days before being overthrown by Mary I. Jane was executed in 1553 and when her father was executed the following year the estate passed to the crown. Local history claims that groundskeepers marked the occasion of Jane's execution by pollarding the estate's oak trees in a symbolic beheading. Examples of pollarded oaks can still be seen in the park. In 1563 the family regained favour, and the
Great Linford founded almshouses in Great Linford, which are still there today. As part of the development of Great Linford's integration into Milton Keynes, a new primary and middle school was opened in 1977, originally known as Great Linford County Combined School, and more recently as Great Linford Primary School. The parish church of Saint Andrew is a Grade II* listed building and dates from 1215. Great Linford has two pubs: The Nag's Head, on the High Street and The Black Horse at the edge of Great Linford, by the Grand Union Canal. Linford Manor, also known as Great Linford Manor, is