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[[Image:pertenhall church 2009.jpg|thumb|St Peters Church, Pertenhall]] |
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[[image:pertenhall village sign 1951.jpg|thumb|Village sign erected to commemorate Festival of Britain in 1951]] |
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[[image:pertenhall village hall, formerly the village school.jpg|thumb|Pertenhall Village Hall, previously the village school]] |
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[[image:pertenhall village hall inscription.jpg|thumb|Inscription above Village Hall entrance]] |
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The village is drawn out along the B660 beginning with Chapel Yard, derived from the [[Moravia]]n Chapel located there and is characterised by a series of 'Ends', namely Wood End (a cul-de-sac, terminating at a footpath known locally as 'the Track', Chadwell End (a thoroughfare), derived from the [[St Chad|Chad]] Well that exists nearby and leading to Green End at the south. |
The village is drawn out along the B660 beginning with Chapel Yard, derived from the [[Moravia]]n Chapel located there and is characterised by a series of 'Ends', namely Wood End (a cul-de-sac, terminating at a footpath known locally as 'the Track', Chadwell End (a thoroughfare), derived from the [[St Chad|Chad]] Well that exists nearby and leading to Green End at the south. |
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Revision as of 13:38, 25 April 2009
Pertenhall is a little village nestling on the borders of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Its parish council is one of only 107 Quality Parish Councils in England (4 in Bedfordshire). It has recently published its Parish Plan which is available on the website
The name derives from Peters Hill (allegedly) based on the Hill by St Peters Church. The parish of Pertenhall & Swineshead is part of the Stodden Hundred (which comprises Bolnhurst, Clapham, Dean, Keysoe, Knotting, Little Staughton, Melchbourne, Milton Ernest, Oakley, Pertenhall, Riseley, Shelton, Tilbrook and Yelden) .
The village is drawn out along the B660 beginning with Chapel Yard, derived from the Moravian Chapel located there and is characterised by a series of 'Ends', namely Wood End (a cul-de-sac, terminating at a footpath known locally as 'the Track', Chadwell End (a thoroughfare), derived from the Chad Well that exists nearby and leading to Green End at the south.
The village's oldest building is the church, which dates from Norman times. There are also a number of interesting buildings such as the Manor House, Hoo Farm and Green End Farm House, all of which date back several hundred years.
The lower school and middle school within catchment of Pertenhall are both in the village of Riseley, four miles away from Pertenhall, and are called Riseley Lower School, and Margaret Beaufort Middle School. The upper school within catchment of Pertenhall is in the village of Sharnbrook, eight miles away from Pertenhall, and is called Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College.