Willington, Bedfordshire

Willington
Church of St Lawrence and the neighbouring stable building
Willington Location within Bedfordshire
Population	751 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference	TL114434
Unitary authority	Bedford
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BEDFORD
Postcode district	MK44
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°07′54″N0°22′18″W / 52.1316°N 0.3716°W / 52.1316; -0.3716

Willington is a village and civil parish located in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is west of Moggerhanger on the road from Sandy to Bedford. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Welitone and as Wilitona in c. 1150, from Old English tun (homestead) among the willows, ^[2] and is part of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree.

In the parish church of St Lawrence there is a grand 16th-century chapel. ^[3]

Willington is home to 16th century Willington Dovecote & Stables, both now owned by the National Trust. This is also the location of an ancient moated site.

Willington used to have a railway station on the Sandy to Bedford railway line, now part of the NCR 51 national cycle route.

St Lawrence's church

Willington Stables

References

The geographic coordinates are from the Ordnance Survey .

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
2. Ekwall, Eilert , The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 520. ISBN   0198691033 .
3. Betjeman, J. (ed.) (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South. London: Collins; p. 106

External links

Media related to Willington, Bedfordshire at Wikimedia Commons

• Willington dovecote and stables at the National Trust.
• Willington station disused station site record
• Willington pages at the Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service