Sharpenhoe is a small village in
Bedfordshire
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, England, at the foot of the hills known as the
Sharpenhoe Clappers, which are within the
Chilterns AONB
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.
Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills is a
Site of Special Scientific Interest, and most of it is a
National Trust
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property. It is in the
civil parish
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of
Streatley.
Woburn abbey had interests in Sharpenhoe.
[ 1473; Common plea Rolls; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/E4/CP40no847/bCP40no847dorses/IMG_1488.htm]
Transport
The village is about east of junction 12 of the
M1, north of
Luton
Luton () is a town and unitary authority with borough status, in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 census, the Luton built-up area subdivision had a population of 211,228 and its built-up area, including the adjacent towns of Dunstable a ...
, south of
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
, east of
Harlington and just to the west of the
A6 road at
Barton le Clay.
References
External links
Sharpenhoe Clappers - Chilterns AONBBBC Three Counties - Sharpenhoe ClappersParishes: Streatley with Sharpenhoe, British History Online
Villages in Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire District
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