Old Warden
| Old Warden | |
| Bedfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Old Warden Post Office | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 52°4’41"N, 0°20’28"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 328 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Biggleswade |
| Postcode: | SG18 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Central Bedfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Bedfordshire |
Old Warden is a village and parish in Bedfordshire, just west of the town of Biggleswade. The parish forms part of the hundred of Wixamtree and had a population of 328 at the 2011 census.[1] The village grew up under the protection of the Cistercian Wardon or Warden Abbey nearby.
History
The first mention of a post office in the village is in 1873. The post office national archives record the issue to Old Warden in April 1890 of a type of postmark known as a rubber datestamp.[2] The village post office closed on 14 October 2008. It was one of about 2,500 compulsory compensated closures of UK post office branches announced by the Government in 2007.[3]
St Leonard's Parish Church is located in the village.
The village is also noted for being the home of the Shuttleworth Trust, an organisation committed to the preservation of transport artefacts — primarily bicycles, motor cars, and aeroplanes — produced in the early part of the 20th century. The corresponding collection is known as the Shuttleworth Collection. The estate also has buildings and gardens, and a small airfield from which many of the historic aircraft fly during the regular flying displays. The estate, museum, and airfield are open to visitors at a price. The estate is also the home of Shuttleworth College founded in 1944.
Sport and leisure
Both the Greensand Ridge Walk and the Greensand Cycle Way pass through Old Warden.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127244&c=Old+Warden&d=16&e=62&g=6402625&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1478859834007&enc=1. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ↑ Mackay, James A. (1986) Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of England and Wales, p. 285, p. 287, Dumfries: published by the author, ISBN 0-906440-39-4
- ↑ "Proposed branch closure" (2008) Leaflet issued by Post Office Ltd.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Old Warden) |
- Old Warden pages at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service
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