▁P ink ney ▁is ▁a ▁village ▁and ▁civil ▁parish ▁in ▁South ▁North am pt ons hire , ▁about ▁ ▁north ▁of ▁Bra ck ley . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Census ▁recorded ▁the ▁parish ' s ▁population ▁as ▁ 3 7 1 . ▁ ▁Man or ▁In ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Edward ▁the ▁Conf essor ▁one ▁Le ur ic ▁held ▁the ▁man or ▁of ▁Mor eton ▁" fre ely ", ▁i . e . ▁without ▁a ▁fe ud al ▁over l ord . ▁He ▁was ▁dispos s essed ▁after ▁the ▁Norman ▁Con quest ▁of ▁England ▁and ▁the ▁Dom es day ▁Book ▁of ▁ 1 0 8 6 ▁records ▁that ▁one ▁Geoff rey ▁held ▁the ▁man or ▁of ▁G ilo , ▁brother ▁of ▁An sc ulf ▁de ▁Pic qu igny . ▁" P ink ney " ▁is ▁a ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁" P ic qu igny ", ▁a ▁village ▁in ▁Pic ard y . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ▁Henry ▁de ▁P ink eny ▁( s ic ) ▁held ▁the ▁man or . ▁In ▁both ▁surve ys ▁the ▁man or ▁was ▁ass essed ▁at ▁one ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁h ides . ▁ ▁Par ish ▁church ▁The ▁earliest ▁evidence ▁of ▁Christian ity ▁in ▁the ▁parish ▁is ▁a ▁fragment ▁of ▁an ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁stone ▁cross ▁in ▁the ▁church yard ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England ▁parish ▁church ▁of ▁St ▁Mary ▁the ▁Virgin . ▁The ▁church ▁itself ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁date ▁of