Sharpenhoe Explained

Official Name:Sharpenhoe
Label Position:top
Country:England
Region:East of England
Shire County:Bedfordshire
Coordinates:51.962°N -0.449°W
Static Image Name:Sharpenhoe - geograph.org.uk - 545706.jpg
Static Image Caption:Sharpenhoe from Sharpenhoe Clappers
Unitary England:Central Bedfordshire
Lieutenancy England:Bedfordshire
Constituency Westminster:Mid Bedfordshire
Post Town:Bedford
Postcode District:MK45
Postcode Area:MK
Dial Code:01582
Os Grid Reference:TL065305

Sharpenhoe is a small village in Bedfordshire, England, at the foot of the hills known as the Sharpenhoe Clappers, which are within the Chilterns AONB. Smithcombe, Sharpenhoe and Sundon Hills are a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and most of it is a National Trust property. It is in the civil parish of Streatley.

Woburn Abbey had interests in Sharpenhoe. [1]

Transport

The village is about 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.

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Notes and References

  1. 1473; Common plea Rolls; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/E4/CP40no847/bCP40no847dorses/IMG_1488.htm