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The 1881 [[United Kingdom Census|Census]] recorded Totternhoe's population as about 700, of whom 54% were female.{{citation needed|date= December 2010}} |
The 1881 [[United Kingdom Census|Census]] recorded Totternhoe's population as about 700, of whom 54% were female.{{citation needed|date= December 2010}} |
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Totternhoe's [[common land]]s were not [[Enclosure|enclosed]] until 1892.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Christopher |authorlink= |title=Fields in the English Landscape |series=Archaeology in the Field Series |origyear=1975 |year=1982 |publisher=[[J.M. Dent]] & Sons Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-460-02232-6 |page=153}}</ |
Totternhoe's [[common land]]s were not [[Enclosure|enclosed]] until 1892.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Christopher |authorlink= |title=Fields in the English Landscape |series=Archaeology in the Field Series |origyear=1975 |year=1982 |publisher=[[J.M. Dent]] & Sons Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-460-02232-6 |page=153}}</re |
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Totternhoe Knolls include an SSI and are within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty |
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==Sport and leisure== |
==Sport and leisure== |
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Revision as of 12:37, 1 December 2015
| Totternhoe | |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,180 (2001 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SP985215 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dunstable |
| Postcode district | LU6 |
| Dialling code | 01582 (Church End) 01525 (Middle and Lower Ends) |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Totternhoe Online |
Totternhoe is a village and civil parish in the Manshead hundred of the county of Bedfordshire, England.
Overview
Totternhoe is an ancient village in southern Bedfordshire, near Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. Totternhoe Knolls has been a fort for many peoples including Romans and Normans. Behind the knoll is a large chalk quarry producing Totternhoe Stone and modern lime kilns.
The parish church of Saint Giles dates from the 13th century.
The village has about 300 homes housing about 1,000 people.[citation needed]
There are several farms and a small lower school, Totternhoe Lower School.
The village has two public houses, The Old Farm Inn in Church End and The Cross Keys in Middle End. Until the. 1970's there were four pubs: The Dukes Head, on Knolls View, Lower End, believed to have closed in the 70's; and another pub in Church End, The Bell, was converted into a private home in about 1992.
Geography
The village is long and thin and is separated into three parts:
- Church End, closest to Dunstable, includes the school and a pub. This area of the village centres around the junction of three of the four main roads into the village: Church Road (leading to Eaton Bray), Dunstable Road and Castle Hill Road (leading to Leighton Buzzard). Dunstable Road becomes Castle Hill Road as one heads West.
- Middle End has a recreation ground and a Scout Hut (where the First Totternhoe Scouts and Guides meet) next to where the old school used to be. One entrance to the Knolls is up past the Scout Hut.
- Lower End, towards Leighton Buzzard, is where the quarry is. It is overlooked by the old fort on the Knoll.
The civil parish includes the foot of Dunstable Downs, including the London Gliding Club.
History
Totternhoe Roman villa dates to the fourth century.
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded the village as Totene Hou, meaning "look out house" and "spur", presumably describing forts on the Knoll.
The 1881 Census recorded Totternhoe's population as about 700, of whom 54% were female.[citation needed]
Totternhoe's common lands were not enclosed until 1892.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
- Glebelands, St Giles church house, a former retirement home and now a private home
- The site of the old school in Middle End
- The scout hut
- The old village shop, now a private home
- The first village Post Office, now a private home
- Totternhoe Memorial Hall, the village's war memorial
- Poplar Farm
- The former Methodist Chapel, now a private home
- The second village shop and later Post Office, now a private home
- Totternhoe Lime & Stone Co and the old quarry
Adjacent towns and villages
The village shares boundaries with the following parishes:
References
- ^ "Area: Totternhoe CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
Further reading
- C. L. Matthews, J. Schneider and B. Horne, "A Roman villa at Totternhoe", Bedfordshire Archaeology, 20, 41-96, 1992.
External links
