Upper Gravenhurst
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Upper Gravenhurst | |
Bedfordshire | |
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Cottages in Upper Gravenhurst | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | TL113360 |
Location: | 52°-0’41"N, 0°22’43"W |
Data | |
Post town: | Bedford |
Postcode: | MK45 |
Dialling code: | 01462 |
Local Government | |
Council: | Central Bedfordshire |
Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Bedfordshire |
Upper Gravenhurst is a small village and ancient parish in the Flitt Hundred of Bedfordshire. Together with Lower Gravenhurst it forms part of the civil parish of Gravenhurst.
The Church of St Giles has been established in the village since the 12th century. The first school in the village was built in 1870, today known as Gravenhurst Academy.[1]
References
- ↑ "'Gravenhurst history timeline'". Galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk. 2007-03-15. http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.digitised_resources/gravenhurst_timeline.htm.