Romans c450 to 1066 At the end of the Roman rule, immigrants from lands now known as Germany and Denmark brought a new language. Many of the ancient names still in use, including the roads and villages of what is now Milton Keynes are Anglo-Saxon in origin.
9 century to 13 century the Hundreds were the local Saxon units of government. They where the courts responsible for levying fines and taxes and dispensing justice. This method of local government continued in to Norman times.
Most of Milton Keynes falls within the boundaries of the Secklow Hundred. The meeting place of the Secklow Hundered was Secklow Mound which now lies within Central Milton Keynes, in a small park behind the Library, next to the Milton Keynes Borough Council, its direct successor.
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