Cotton End

Cotton End
Cotton End
	The Bell public house
	Cotton End Location within Bedfordshire
Population	838
OS grid reference	TL084404
Civil parish	Cotton End;
Unitary authority	Bedford;
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BEDFORD
Postcode district	MK45
Dialling code	01234
Police	Bedfordshire
Fire	Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	North East Bedfordshire;
	List of places UK England Bedfordshire 52°06′00″N 0°25′00″W / 52.1°N 0.4166°W

Cotton End is a small village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bedford. It became its own parish as of 1 April 2019, having previously been part of the parish of Eastcotts.^[1]^[2] Ordnance Survey maps from the 1880s show its name as 'Cardington Cotton End'.^[3]

There is a primary school, a Baptist church, a village hall and a pub.

The Baptist chapel was founded here in 1777. In 1912, Cotton End was described as a scattered hamlet with a school and a farm.^[4] It lies further down the A600 road from Shortstown.

A new woodland created by the Forest of Marston Vale in 2005 called Shocott Spring.

References

^ "The Borough of Bedford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ http://www.councillorsupport.bedford.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=23883
^ https://www.old-maps.co.uk
^ Page, William (1912). A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3. pp. 233–238.

External links

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[1] "The Borough of Bedford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[2] ttp://www.councillorsupport.bedford.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=23883

[3] ttps://www.old-maps.co.uk

[Page-4] Page, William (1912). A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3. pp. 233–238.

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