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Pavenham

TitlePavenham

CountyBedfordshire

CoordinatesLat : 52.1833333 Lon : -0.55

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Description Incorrect Description? Tell Us!Pavenham is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Bedford district of Bedfordshire, England, about 6 miles north-west of Bedford.

Time Line

1205:Church first mentioned as a chapel or daughter church to Felmersham

13th Century: Church exists only as a nave and chancel

14th Century:The tower, spire and the chapel north of the chancel added to the Church

15th Century: North aisle and south transept (a chapel) added to the Church

1578: Churchwardens report Trinity College for letting the Church fall into disrepair

1665: The year that the Pavenham Old Yew Tree believed to have been planted, the year of the Great Plague

1770:Pavenham Enclosure Act

1798:Workhouse first mentioned

1813: Water Mill closed

1827:Sunday School Started

1853: Church of England School opened, provided by Squire Tucker

1857: Wesleyan Chapel built

1877: Vicarage built, designed by Bedford architect John Usher

1888: Cricket Club Founded

1920: War memorial unveiled

1935: Electricity came to the village

1938: The Cock Inn substantially rebuilt

1955: Roof to the nave of the Church replaced

1959: Village Hall re-opened after improvements made

1960: Pavenham Bury demolished

1961: The Old Yew Tree transplanted 15 feet from its original position as part of a road improvement scheme

1965: Pavenham Women's Institute plant oak in the playing fields to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Women's Institute

1967: Pavenham Sports Pavilion Opened

1972: Vicarage demolished

1980: New Village Hall opened

1983: Village school closed

2007: Plague of Irritation as nosey neighbours attempt to block permission on minor property development including conservatories and small vegetable patches. Currently waiting for culprits to pass on, so development can continue.

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Location Map

Local Campsites

Riverside Caravan Park is 0.79 Miles away
Newport Pagnell Campsite is 9.78 Miles away
Billing Aquadrome is 11.94 Miles away

Local Tourist Attractions

Kempston Swimming Pool is 4.73 Miles away
Oasis Beach Pool is 5.72 Miles away
Oasis Beach Pool is 5.74 Miles away
Bushmead Priory is 8.01 Miles away
Marston Vale Community Forest is 8.23 Miles away
Middleton Swimming Pool is 9.79 Miles away
Wellingborough Swimming Pool is 10.15 Miles away
Shuttleworth College Farms is 11.66 Miles away
Wrest Park Gardens is 13.51 Miles away
Woburn Abbey is 14.02 Miles away

Local Golf Courses

Bedfordshire Golf Club is 3.68 Miles away
Mowsbury Golf & Squash Complex is 4.66 Miles away
The Millbrook Golf Club is 10.22 Miles away
Wyboston Lakes Golf Centre is 11.03 Miles away
Wavendon Golf Centre is 11.62 Miles away
St. Neots Golf Club is 12.02 Miles away
Wellingborough Golf Club is 12.05 Miles away
Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Golf Club is 12.36 Miles away
Beadlow Manor Golf & Country Club is 12.68 Miles away
Woburn Golf Club is 14.18 Miles away

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