Pavenham
| Pavenham | |
| Bedfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Pavenham high street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP991235 |
| Location: | 52°11’17"N, -0°33’14"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 712 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Bedford |
| Postcode: | MK43 |
| Dialling code: | 01234 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bedford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Bedfordshire |
Pavenham is a small village and parish on the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire, about six miles north-west of Bedford. Village amenities consist of St Peter's Church, a pub, Village hall, tennis Club, Cricket Club and golf club. The village is home to many clubs and societies including an active Women's Institute.
The village has two nature reserves, Stevington Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and Pavenham Osier Beds, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
History
1086: Domesday Book identifies Pavenham in the ancient hundred of Buckelowe[2]
- 1205: Church first mentioned as a chapel or daughter church to Felmersham
- 13th Century: Church exists only as a nave and chancel
- 14th Century: The tower, spire and the chapel north of the chancel added to the Church
- 15th Century: North aisle and south transept (a chapel) added to the Church
- 1578: Churchwardens report Trinity College for letting the Church fall into disrepair
- 1665: The year that the Pavenham Old Yew Tree believed to have been planted, the year of the Great Plague
- 1770: Pavenham Enclosure Act
- 1798: Workhouse first mentioned
- 1813: Water Mill closed
- 1827: Sunday School Started
- 1853: Church of England School opened, provided by Squire Tucker
- 1857: Wesleyan Chapel built
- 1877: Vicarage built, designed by Bedford architect John Usher
- 1888: Cricket Club Founded
- 1920: War memorial unveiled
- 1935: Electricity came to the village
- 1938: The Cock Inn substantially rebuilt
- 1955: Roof to the nave of the Church replaced
- 1959: Village Hall re-opened after improvements made
- 1960: Pavenham Bury demolished
- 1961: The Old Yew Tree transplanted 15 feet from its original position as part of a road improvement scheme
- 1965: Pavenham Women's Institute plant oak in the playing fields to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Women's Institute
- 1967: Pavenham Sports Pavilion Opened - built by local builder Charles Cartlidge.
- 1972: Vicarage demolished
- 1980: New Village Hall opened
- 1983: Village school closed
Sport
Pavenham is the origin village of Pavenham Football Club, established in 2010. The club was promoted to Bedfordshire County Football Premier Division after their 3rd successive promotion.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127431&c=Pavenham&d=16&e=62&g=6402876&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1478860214054&enc=1.
- ↑ Open Domesday Online: Pavenham, accessed 1 Jul 2017
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