Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Cottages by the church, Upper Gravenhurst, Beds - geograph.org.uk - 193425.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Cottages in Upper Gravenhurst, viewed from the churchyard next to the church |
Coordinates: | 52.0114°N -0.3785°W |
Official Name: | Upper Gravenhurst |
Civil Parish: | Gravenhurst |
Unitary England: | Central Bedfordshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Bedfordshire |
Region: | East of England |
Constituency Westminster: | Mid Bedfordshire |
Post Town: | BEDFORD |
Postcode District: | MK45 |
Postcode Area: | MK |
Dial Code: | 01462 |
Os Grid Reference: | TL113360 |
Upper Gravenhurst is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Gravenhurst, in the Central Bedfordshire district of the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. In 1881 the parish had a population of 354.[1] On 24 March 1888 the parish was abolished and merged with Lower Gravenhurst to form "Gravenhurst".[2]
The Church of St Giles has been established in the village since the 12th Century. The first school in the village was built in 1870, today known as Gravenhurst Academy.[3]