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During Second World War, Little Staughton was the home of 109 Squadron (flying Mosquito bombers) and 582 Squadron (flying Lancaster bombers).
 
During Second World War, Little Staughton was the home of 109 Squadron (flying Mosquito bombers) and 582 Squadron (flying Lancaster bombers).
  
The airfield is now largely used for other purposes but retains a recently listed Control tower.
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The airfield (on the Huntingdonshire side of the border) is now largely used for other purposes but retains a recently listed Control tower.
  
 
[[File:The Crown inn - geograph.org.uk - 405745.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Crown Inn]]
 
[[File:The Crown inn - geograph.org.uk - 405745.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The Crown Inn]]
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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Great Staughton]], close by in [[Huntingdonshire]]
 
* [[Great Staughton]], close by in [[Huntingdonshire]]

Latest revision as of 07:01, 24 May 2016

Little Staughton
Bedfordshire
Little Staughton All Saints Church.jpg
All Saints Church, Little Staughton
Location
Grid reference: TL103516
Location: 52°15’0"N, 0°22’60"W
Data
Post town: Bedford
Postcode: MK44
Dialling code: 01234
Local Government
Council: Bedford
Parliamentary
constituency:
North East Bedfordshire

Little Staughton is a small village in the north of Bedfordshire, along the border with Huntingdonshire. The parish is part of the Stodden Hundred.

The parish church is All Saints. It is set apart from the present village – the previous village having been abandoned following an outbreak of the Bubonic plague.

Airfield

During Second World War, Little Staughton was the home of 109 Squadron (flying Mosquito bombers) and 582 Squadron (flying Lancaster bombers).

The airfield (on the Huntingdonshire side of the border) is now largely used for other purposes but retains a recently listed Control tower.

The Crown Inn

See also

Outside links

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