Old Warden
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Coordinates: 52°04′41″N 0°20′28″W / 52.078°N 0.341°W
| Old Warden | |
.png)  Old Warden shown within Bedfordshire |
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| Population | 340 [1] |
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| Unitary authority | Central Bedfordshire |
| Ceremonial county | Bedfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEDFORD |
| Postcode district | SG18 |
| Dialling code | 01767 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| European Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | Mid Bedfordshire |
| List of places: UK • England • Bedfordshire | |
Old Warden is a village in Bedfordshire, England just west of the town of Biggleswade. It grew up under the protection of the Cistercian Wardon or Warden Abbey nearby.
It is widely known as the home of the Shuttleworth Trust, an organisation committed to the preservation of transport artefacts, primarily cycles, cars, and aeroplanes, produced in the early part of the 20th century, and known as the Shuttleworth Collection. The estate also has buildings and gardens of great beauty, and a small airfield from which some of the historic aircraft occasionally fly. The estate, museum, and airfield are open to visitors at a price. The estate was also the home of Shuttleworth College (Agriculture) founded in 1944.
For local government purposes it forms part of Central Bedfordshire Council and is within the Mid Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency, whose Member of Parliament is currently Nadine Dorries of the Conservative Party.
[edit] History
The first mention of a post office in the village is in 1873. The post office national archives record the issue to Old Warden in April 1890 of a type of postmark known as a rubber datestamp.[2] The village post office closed on 14 October 2008. It was one of about 2,500 compulsory compensated closures of UK post office branches announced by the Government in 2007.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Bedfordshire County Council, Population Estimates and Forecasts, estimate for 2007.
- ^ Mackay, James A. (1986) Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of England and Wales, p. 285, p. 287, Dumfries: published by the author, ISBN 0 906440 39 4
- ^ "Proposed branch closure" (2008) Leaflet issued by Post Office Ltd.
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