[3] In the Domesday Book of 1086 the area was collectively known as Senelai and controlled by Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester.

In June 2014, Sainsbury's opened new supermarket opposite (east of) the Leisure Centre, on the site of the former Dolphin Splashdown swimming pool.

Previously known as Rickley Park CC until 1992, the club was renamed after moving from Bletchley to play home matches at Denbigh School, but in 2002 SCECC relocated to the bottom pitch at Manor Fields in Fenny Stratford (where Bletchley Town CC play) – though choosing to retain their current name.

[8] On pre-designation maps, the area now occupied by Oakhill, Woodhill, Oxley Park and Whitney was called Shelley Common: MKDC did not name this grid-square.

Oxley Park, primarily a residential area, is relatively young district having been formed via a development framework in 2004.

At 120 metres (390 ft) above sea level, it occupies the land with highest elevation in Milton Keynes.