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Flitton
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Flitton (Flichtam, Fllite, Flute) is a village in the civil parish of Flitton and Greenfield, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The village derives its name from the River Flit which flows close by it. It is notable primarily as the home of the De Grey Mausoleum adjacent to the St John the Baptist Church. Richard Milward, the editor of Selden's Table Talk, was born at Flitton in 1609. There are two pubs, The White Hart by the church hall and Jolly Coopers at Wardhedges. The annual ‘Gala’ and ‘Potato Race’ are two of the main events that happen in the village.
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- Locality
- Flitton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Flitton Church and surrounds - geograph.org.uk - 5110.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Flitton
- UK place.civil_parish
- Flitton and Greenfield
- UK place.official_name
- Flitton
- UK place.unitary_england
- Central Bedfordshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Bedfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Mid Bedfordshire
- UK place.post_town
- BEDFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- MK45
- UK place.postcode_area
- MK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01525
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL058363
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- Flitton church.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01525
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- postal code
- MK45
- OS grid reference
- TL058363
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- Flitton, Bedfordshire
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Flitton (Flichtam, Fllite, Flute) is a village in the civil parish of Flitton and Greenfield, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The village derives its name from the River Flit which flows close by it. It is notable primarily as the home of the De Grey Mausoleum adjacent to the St John the Baptist Church. Richard Milward, the editor of Selden's Table Talk, was born at Flitton in 1609. There are two pubs, The White Hart by the church hall and Jolly Coopers at Wardhedges. The annual ‘Gala’ and ‘Potato Race’ are two of the main events that happen in the village.
== History == Flitton was an ancient parish in the Flitt hundred of Bedfordshire. The parish historically included Silsoe, which had its own chapel of ease. Parish functions under the poor laws from the 17th century onwards were administered separately for Silsoe and the rest of Flitton parish. As such, Silsoe and Flitton became separate civil parishes in 1866 when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws. Silsoe became a separate ecclesiastical parish from Flitton in 1846.
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