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Schools In Bedford
This is a list of schools in the Borough of Bedford, in the English county of Bedfordshire. State-funded schools Primary and lower schools *Balliol Primary School, Kempston *Bedford Road Primary School, Kempston *Brickhill Primary School, Brickhill, Bedford *Broadmead Lower School, Stewartby *Bromham CE Primary School, Bromham *Camestone School, Kempston *Carlton CE Primary School, Carlton * Castle Newnham School, Castle, Bedford *Cauldwell School, Cauldwell, Bedford *Christopher Reeves CE Primary School, Podington *Cotton End Forest School, Cotton End *Edith Cavell Primary School, Harpur, Bedford *Eileen Wade Primary School, Upper Dean *Elstow School, Elstow *Goldington Green Academy, Goldington, Bedford *Great Barford CE Primary Academy, Great Barford *Great Denham Primary School, Great Denham *Great Ouse Primary Academy, Biddenham *Harrold Primary Academy, Harrold *Hazeldene School, Putnoe, Bedford *The Hills Academy, Putnoe, Bedford *Kempston Rural Primary School, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Bedford
Bedford, or the Borough of Bedford, is a Districts of England, local government district with borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It is administered by Bedford Borough Council, a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority. The council is based in Bedford, the borough's namesake and principal settlement, which is the county town of Bedfordshire. The Bedford built-up-area is List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, the 71st largest in the United Kingdom and also includes Kempston and Biddenham. Away from the Bedford built-up area the borough includes a large rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford built-up and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the borough. The borough is also the location of the Wixams new settlement, immediately south of Bedford, which received its first residents in 2009. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpur
Harpur is a district of Bedford town centre, and an electoral ward in Bedfordshire, England. The boundaries of Harpur are approximately Manton Lane to the north, De Parys Avenue to the east, Bromham Road to the south, with the Midland Main Line railway line to the west. Manton Heights, the Poets, the Prime Ministers, and the Black Tom neighbourhoods all lie within the boundaries of Harpur ward. History The area is named after Sir William Harpur a famous Bedfordian. The area houses Bedford Modern School which is part of the Harpur Trust. A notorious Highwayman labelled 'Black Tom' reportedly frequented the area in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Supposedly he was buried with a stake driven through his heart at the junction of Tavistock Street, Union Street and Clapham Road. Today Black Tom is the informal name of the area in Harpur located north of Tavistock Street. Most buildings in the area date from the 19th Century or before. However the northern part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Ernest
Milton Ernest is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, about north of Bedford itself. It had a population of 754 in 2001. This had risen to 761 according to the 2011 census.//www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11126594&c=Milton+Ernest&d=16&e=61&g=6402947&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1382522746743&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2575 The village is situated on the east bank of the River Great Ouse, and is the site of Milton Ernest Hall, which was used as the United States Eighth Air Force's support command headquarters in the Second World War. The village is named in the Domesday Book in the hundred of Stodden. The entry reads: "Middletone / Mildentone: Miles Crispin and William Basset from Hugh de Beauchamp; Thorgils from Nigel d'Aubigny; Reginald from Walter of Flanders; Ivo, Hugh de Grandmesnil's steward from Adelaide, Hugh de Grandmesnil's wife; a beadle from the king. Mill." All Saints' Church was built between the 12th and 15t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wixams
Wixams is a new town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England, which has been under construction since early 2007. It is expected to become the third largest settlement in the Borough of Bedford after Bedford itself and Kempston, and one of the largest new settlements founded in England since the British new towns movement of the first twenty five years after World War II. Part of the site is in Central Bedfordshire. At the 2011 Census the population of the new town was included in the civil parish of Wilstead. History The 750 acre (3 km²) brownfield site for the Wixams development is located just to the south of Bedford, and was formerly known as the Elstow Storage Depot; and in World War II, as ROF Elstow. The provisional name of the development during the early planning stages was Elstow Garden Villages. Elstow is a nearby village famous for its association with John Bunyan. The name 'Wixams' derives from Wixamtree, an ancient hundred near to where the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keysoe Row
Keysoe Row is a hamlet located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The settlement is located to the south of the village of Keysoe, and is part of the wider Bolnhurst and Keysoe civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w .... Kymbrook Primary School is located in the area. References Hamlets in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford {{Bedfordshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsbrook, Bedford
Kingsbrook is an electoral ward and area within the town of Bedford, England. The boundaries of Kingsbrook are approximately the River Great Ouse and Priory Country Park to the north, Cambridge Road and the A421 to the south and east, with Redwood Grove and Willow Road to the west. The Fenlake and Silver Jubilee neighbourhoods are both part of the Kingsbrook ward, as is the Priory Business Park and the Cambridge Road Industrial Estate. Kingsbrook is the largest ward (in terms of population) in Bedford. History There is evidence of a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age settlement and ritual site, located next to the Bunyan Centre in Kingsbrook. Excavations in 1995 uncovered three skeletons and a complete Beaker pot. There was some settlement in the northern part of Kingsbrook (by the river) in the 19th century. However the area was not properly developed until the 20th century, with the construction of the Silver Jubilee neighbourhood in the 1930s, which was named after the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempston Rural
Kempston Rural is a civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. History Kempston Rural was formed in 1896 when the old parish of Kempston was split into two parts - Kempston Urban District (now the town of Kempston), and Kempston Rural parish. Historically Kempston was a large but lightly populated parish, with a decentralised population pattern. The typical parish in pre-Industrial England had one main village, perhaps complemented by a few hamlets, but in Kempston the settlement around the church - Church End - has never had more than a dozen or so houses, so it has never dominated the parish. When urban growth arrived in Kempston in the 19th century it was concentrated in the eastern parts of the parish, around the neighbouring ends of East End and Up End (i.e. the area around the High Street and St John Street) and in Kempston New Town, close to the boundary of Bedford. Geography Kempston Rural is to the west of the town of Kempston, and comprises a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putnoe
Putnoe is an electoral ward on the northern side of Bedford, England. The boundaries of Putnoe are approximately Mowsbury Park and golf course to the north, Church Lane and Haylands Way to the east, Polhill Avenue to the south, with Kimbolton Road to the west. Part of the area is also known as Woodside. History Putnoe was listed in the Domesday Book: Putenehou: Hugh de Beauchamp. Mill. The name in its present form has been around since the 16th century, but was formerly known as Puttenhoe and Putenho indicating the spur or "hoh" of land belonging to an unknown Anglo-Saxon settler Putta. The original farmstead may have been on the same site as Putnoe Farm which is now occupied by Puttenhoe Elderly Person's Home, next to Putnoe Street. The area remained undeveloped farmland until after World War II . At this time momentum grew in Bedford to plan the re-development of the town from its population of 58,000 to 75,000. This required the provision of a substantial area of land for ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrold, Bedfordshire
Harrold is a village, civil parish and Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in Bedfordshire, England, nine miles north-west of Bedford on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, close to the county boundaries of Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. An ancient bridge links the village with Carlton with Chellington on the south bank. Immediately to the east of the village is Odell, Bedfordshire, Odell. The Church of St Peter, Harrold, Bedfordshire, Church of St Peter is in the village. History Harrold was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish within the Hundred of Willey. An early medieval sword mount was unearthed by a metal detectorist in 2006. It is believed the tiny phallic decoration could have adorned the sword belt of a high-ranking Saxon warrior. There are two public houses in Harrold. The Muntjac and the Oakley Arms. Paul McCartney reputedly gave the first live performance of "Hey Jude" in the Oakley Arms in Harrold on 30 June 1968. The village was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biddenham
Biddenham is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, located around west of Bedford town centre near the A428 road. It forms part of the wider Bedford urban area. History The earliest archaeological evidence from Biddenham dates to the Palaeolithic, from the site of Deep Spinney. These were some of the first major Palaeolithic discoveries in England, although they were probably deposited there by glacial flow. Biddenham is the location of the Manor Hospital, a BMI Healthcare private hospital. The village also contains St James Church, The Three Tuns pub, and a sports pavilion with a cricket pitch and football pitch (interchangeable depending on the season). Sometime before 1920, a short gauge railway was operated by S.W. Jarvis & Son at the Biddenham Gravel Pit. The line was removed in the 1930s. Biddenham International School and Sports College is located on Biddenham Turn. It is a state secondary school for Biddenham and the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Denham
Great Denham is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England, on the western outskirts of Bedford. The village is the location of Bedford Golf Course. History Great Denham has evidence of Neolithic settlement as well as Ancient Rome, Roman and Saxons, Saxon presence in the form of coins, pottery and other implements. By the 7th century, the Great Denham area had been absorbed into the Saxon kingdom of Mercia. In 886 the Saxons and Vikings fixed a formal boundary between them, along the rivers Thames, Lea, and Great Ouse. Great Denham was thus on the border between the Danelaw and Saxon England, which remained hostile adversaries. England was eventually united as one kingdom. St James Church, just over the border of Great Denham in the neighbouring village of Biddenham, was first constructed in the Norman dynasty, Norman period. The Great Denham loop of the river remained undeveloped farmland until the Bedford Golf Course was built in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Barford
Great Barford is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, around north-east of Bedford town centre. It lies on the River Great Ouse at . It is twinned with Wöllstein, Germany. The village is bypassed by the busy A421 road on the way between the M1 near Milton Keynes and the A1 near St Neots. The village is known for its All Saints Church, with a 15th-century tower, and its similarly ancient bridge . The surroundings and historic buildings make it a favoured destination for canoeing, angling and picnics. Nearby places include Renhold and Blunham. History Great Barford was mentioned in the Domesday Book as an important site, probably as a means of crossing the river that skirts the village. Although the area of the original ford was dug up in 1973, the bridge has existed since at least the 15th century. The village itself is large and scattered but the majority of the houses are in the south-east of the parish. Throughout the villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
