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Towns in Bedfordshire
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Ampthill
The ancient market town of Ampthill is situated under the brow of the Greensand Ridge. It is a town that enjoys the rural surrounds of open and wooded countryside, interspersed by small attractive villages. |
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Arlesey
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Aspley Guise
Aspley Guise is an attractive village situated amongst sandy hills on the edge of the pinewoods of Aspley Heath. |
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Astwick
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Barton
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Battlesden
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Bedford
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Biddenham
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Biggleswade
The name Biggleswade is derived from Biccel - an Anglo-Saxon personal name and waed, an old English word for ford. The Great North Road and the waterways gave rise to Biggleswade's early prosperity. |
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Billington
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Bletsoe
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Blunham
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Bolnhurst
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Bromham
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Caddington
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Campton and Chicksands
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Cardington
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Carlton
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Chellington
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Clapham
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Clifton
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Clophill
Lying in the Vale of the River flit, surrounded by woodlands is the village of Clophill. Entrance to the village from the A6, takes you past the Flying Horse pub, an important station during the stage coach era. |
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Cockayne Hatley
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Colmworth
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Cople
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Cranfield
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Dunstable
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East Hyde
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Easton
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Eaton Bray
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Edworth
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Elstow
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Eversholt
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Everton
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Farndish
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Flitton
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Flitwick
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Gravenhurst
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Great Barford
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Harlington
The village of Harlington sits on the southern edge of the district, bordered by an area of natural beauty including the chalk downs of Sundon Hills Country Park and the vale of the River Flit. |
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Harrold
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Haynes
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Heath and Reach
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Henlow
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Hockliffe
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Houghton Conquest
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Houghton Regis
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Husborne Crawley
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Kempston
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Kensworth
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Keysoe
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Kingsbourne Green
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Knotting
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Langford
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Leagrave
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Leighton Buzzard
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Lewsey
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Lidlington
The name 'Lidlington' derives from the Old English meaning 'the farm of Lytel's people'. A record of the village appears in the Domesday Book of 1087. |
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Linslade
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Little Barford
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Little Staughton
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Lower Shelton
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Luton
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Marston Moretaine
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Maulden
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Melchbourne
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Meppershall
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Millbrook
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Milton Bryant
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Milton Ernest
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Moggerhanger
A hill top village dominated by the Church of St. John The Evangelist, which was built in 1860-61, of French influence. The Church has a chancel tower with a pyramid roof and high apse adjoining. |
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Newmill End
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Northill
The parish of Northill encompasses Ickwell, Lower and Upper Caldecote also Hatch and Thorncote, all in the heart of market garden country, Northill was originally known as North Givell meaning the northern part of territory of the River Ivel. |
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Oakley
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Odell
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Old Warden
Old Warden's history can be traced back to Roman times. A Cistercian Abbey was situated near the Cardington Road and a small part still stands, identified by its Elizabethan chimney. |
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Pavenham
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Pertenhall
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Podington
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Potsgrove
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Potton
Potton is an ancient market town centred around a very attractive Market square adorned by redbrick 18th century buildings. Dominating the square is the neo-Georgian Clock House, built in 1956 it now houses the library. |
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Pulloxhill
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Ridgmont
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Riseley
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Roxton
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Salford
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Sandy
For centuries Sandy was the centre for market gardening and it still remains vital to the town today. Excavations indicate that Sandy was once a Roman settlement. |
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Sharnbrook
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Shefford
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Shillington
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Silsoe
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Souldrop
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Southill
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Stagsden
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Stanbridge
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Steppingley
Steppingley is a rural village in Bedfordshire, England. It stands on high ground in the centre of a small parish of about 562 hectares on the Greensand Ridge, and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book. |
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Stevington
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Stondon
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Stopsley
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Stotfold
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Streatley
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Studham
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Sundon
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Sutton
An historic and picturesque village situated a few miles from Potton. A tributary of the River Ivel crosses the road where Sutton's medieval twin arched packhorse bridge spans the ford. |
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Swineshead
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Tebworth
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Tempsford
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Thurleigh
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Toddington
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Totternhoe
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Turvey
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Upper Dean
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Upper Sundon
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Westoning
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Whipsnade
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Wilden
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Willington
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Wilstead
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Woburn
Woburn is surrounded by wooded countryside and parkland with the Greensand Ridge running through the north western part of the parish. The town takes its name from its Saxon settlers - Wo meaning twisted or crooked - Burn meaning a stream. |
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Wootton
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Wrestlingworth
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Wymington
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Yelden
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