Chicksands
| Chicksands | |
| Bedfordshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL124389 |
| Location: | 52°2’13"N, 0°21’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,699 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Shefford |
| Postcode: | SG17 |
| Dialling code: | 01462 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Central Bedfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Bedfordshire |
Chicksands is a village in the Clifton Hundred of Bedfordshire. It forms part of the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands, whose population in 2011 was 1,699.[1] The village is on the River Flit and close to Campton and the town of Shefford.
Chicksands is mentioned in the Domesday Book the entry reads: Chichesana/e: William de Cairon from Bishop of Lincoln; Three freemen and Walter from Azelina, Ralph Tailbois' wife (it is of her dowry). Mill.[2]
Chicksands was the site of RAF Chicksands, an RAF station during World War II. The station was used by the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1995.[3] It was the location for its first huge FLR-9 direction-finding antenna from 1963 to 1995. The antenna was known as the 'Elephant Cage' and was dismantled before the USAF left in 1995.[4] It is now home to the Joint Intelligence Training Group (JITG) and the Headquarters of the British Army's Intelligence Corps.[5]
Chicksands Priory, a monastic house built in 1150, is located within the grounds of the Joint Intelligence Training Group.[6] It is opened to the public, by appointment only, on the 1st & 3rd Sunday afternoons, April–October.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Campton & Chicksands". Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11121601&c=campton+and+chicksands&d=16&e=13&g=6402748&i=1001x1003x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1463722723438&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "Chicksands in 1086". Bedfordshire Borough Council. http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Chicksands/ChicksandsIn1086.aspx. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ Beatty, Gavin (2010). Bedfordshire - Defence Intelligence and Security Centre. Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). 67.
- ↑ "Chicksands Wood". Visit Shefford. http://www.visitshefford.co.uk/see/chicksands-wood.shtm. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "Campton & Chicksands Parish Plan". Campton & Chicksands.org. 2010. p. 3. http://www.camptonandchicksands.org.uk/parish_plan.pdf. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "Chicksands Priory". Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000574. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ↑ "Visiting Chicksands Priory". Fiends of Chicksands Priory. http://www.chicksandspriory.co.uk/page3/index.html. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chicksands) |
- Campton & Chicksands
- Chicksands Offices – Mid Beds District Council
- Chicksands History
- Friends of Chicksands Prioy Website