Flitton (Flichtam, Fllite, Flute) is a small village in
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council was ...
, England, which forms part of the parish of
Flitton and Greenfield. The village derives its name from the River Flit which flows close by it. It is notable primarily as the home of the
De Grey Mausoleum adjacent to the St John the Baptist Church. Richard Milward, the editor of Selden's ''Table Talk'', was born at Flitton in 1609. There are two pubs, ''The White Hart'' by the church hall and ''Jolly Coopers'' at Wardhedges. The annual ‘Gala’ and ‘Potato Race’ are two of the main events that happen in the village.
The village was struck by
an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, a part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.
MK Dons
Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...
leading goalscorer
Izale McLeod lived on Flitton Hill during his second spell with the club in 2013–14.
Church of St John the Baptist
The church, which stands on a slight mound on the west side of the village, was probably built by Edmund Grey, Earl of Kent (1465), between 1440 and 1489. It has a chancel, nave long with aisles, south porch and west three-stage tower with a projecting rood stair turret; the whole appears to be one built in local ironstone, embattled. On the walls of the north aisle are three fragmentary brasses commemorating: Eleanor Conquest (1434), Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Waren (1544) and Alice, wife of Reginald Hill (1594).
There are six bells, (five dated 1902 and one 1904) by Bowell of
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line ...
; they replaced five of 1687 by Richard Chandler of
Drayton Parslow.
The natural philosopher and meteorologist
George Hadley
George Hadley (12 February 1685 – 28 June 1768) was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the trade winds are sustained, which is now named in his honour as Hadley circulation. As a key ...
(1685–1768) is buried in the chancel.
See also
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De Grey Mausoleum
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Wrest Park
Wrest Park is a country estate located in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. It comprises Wrest Park, a Grade I listed country house, and Wrest Park Gardens, also Grade I listed, formal gardens surrounding the mansion.
History
Thomas Carew (15 ...
References
Bibliography
*Page, William, editor: ''The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Bedfordshire'', University of London, Dawsons, London 1972, pp 325–332
*Pevsner, Nikolaus: ''The Buildings of England: Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough'', Penguin Books, London 1968,
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Villages in Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire District