Sharpenhoe
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| Sharpenhoe | |
| Bedfordshire | |
|---|---|
 Sharpenhoe from Sharpenhoe Clappers | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL065305 |
| Location: | 51°57’43"N, 0°26’56"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bedford |
| Postcode: | MK45 |
| Dialling code: | 01582 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Central Bedfordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Bedfordshire |
Sharpenhoe is a small village in Bedfordshire, at the foot of the hills known as the Sharpenhoe Clappers, which are within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and most of it is a National Trust property. It is in the parish of Streatley, otherwise Streatley with Sharpenhoe.
Woburn abbey had interests in Sharpenhoe. [1]
Transport
The village is about two miles east of junction 12 of the M1, north of Luton, south of Bedford, east of Harlington and just to the west of the A6 road at Barton-le-Clay.
References
- ↑ 1473; Common plea Rolls; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/E4/CP40no847/bCP40no847dorses/IMG_1488.htm
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sharpenhoe) |
- Sharpenhoe Clappers - Chilterns AONB
- BBC Three Counties - Sharpenhoe Clappers
- Parishes: Streatley with Sharpenhoe, British History Online
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