Potsgrove

Potsgrove

Parish church of St Mary
Potsgrove
 Potsgrove shown within Bedfordshire
Population 44 (2001)
Civil parishPotsgrove
Unitary authorityCentral Bedfordshire
Ceremonial countyBedfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district MK17
Police Bedfordshire
Fire Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK ParliamentMid Bedfordshire
List of places
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England
Bedfordshire

Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 0°37′00″W / 51.95°N 0.616667°W / 51.95; -0.616667

Potsgrove is a village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Sheep Lane. At the 2011 Census the population was included in the civil parish of Milton Bryan.

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]

See also

References

  1. "The Parish of Potsgrove". Bedfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  2. "Guide to Bedfordshire parishes". Bedfordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

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