Potsgrove Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:St. Mary's Potsgrove - southern side - geograph.org.uk - 370570.jpg
Static Image Caption:Parish church of St Mary
Coordinates:51.95°N -0.6167°W
Official Name:Potsgrove
Population:44
Population Ref:(2001)
Civil Parish:Potsgrove
Unitary England:Central Bedfordshire
Lieutenancy England:Bedfordshire
Region:East of England
Constituency Westminster:Mid Bedfordshire
Post Town:MILTON KEYNES
Postcode District:MK17
Postcode Area:MK

Potsgrove is a small village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Sheep Lane.

The first reference to the village appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village is first recorded as "Potesgraue".[1] Later references record the village as "Pottesgrove", which is still used in the name of the local ecclesiastical parish.[2]

Manor Farm in Potsgrove for many years was run by the G Hunter and son. The farm organisation had a successful syndicate shoot for many years also included a dairy milk herd along with beef stock.

Woburn Abbey owned land in Potsgrove.[3]

The village held an annual clay shoot which included team guns vs. beaters, plus an open free-to-all shoot off at the end of the day

Prominent local families included the McClurg's who lived at the old school house and worked at manor farm for many years (1970-2013), the Hodges, Bentley's and Grahams.

Potsgrove had its own school until the early 1900s, along with a pub called the Sow and Pigs.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Parish of Potsgrove . Bedfordshire.gov.uk . 2012-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222065642/http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Potsgrove/Introduction.aspx . 22 February 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Guide to Bedfordshire parishes . Bedfordshire.gov.uk . 2012-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213003435/http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/GuidesToCollections/GuideToBedfordshireParishes.aspx . 13 February 2012 . dmy-all .
  3. In 1473; second entry in http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/E4/CP40no847/bCP40no847dorses/IMG_1461.htm