Harrowden, Bedfordshire

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Harrowden
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The Gate public house in 2008 (Now closed and is a house)
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Harrowden
Location within Bedfordshire
Area0.093 km2 (0.036 sq mi)
Population32 
•  Density 344/km2 (890/sq mi)
OS grid reference TL068894
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BEDFORD
Postcode district MK42
Dialling code 01234
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Fire Bedfordshire and Luton
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52°06′45″N0°26′31″W / 52.112605°N 0.441836°W / 52.112605; -0.441836

Harrowden is a one-street hamlet in the civil parish of Shortstown, Bedfordshire, England.

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Harrowden has only 18 houses and 32 people on the electoral roll. Elstow Brook runs through it. There is just one road - Old Harrowden Lane - which leads to a footpath known as Bumpy Lane, from where you can access the birthplace of John Bunyan, now simply marked by a stone. [1]

The street runs from east to west parallel and to the south of the A421 Bedford Southern Bypass, and 200 metres to the north of the village of Shortstown. There is a path at the west side of Harrowden named Bumpy Lane that leads to Abbey Fields. Like Shortstown, Harrowden is in the Eastcotts parish, of the Borough of Bedford.

History

Harrowden is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, though by the 13th century the area became known as Eastcotes or Cotes. The name derives from the Old English name for a cottage - 'cotum'.

Prior to the creation of Shortstown civil parish in 2019, [2] Harrowden was within Eastcotts civil parish. From 2023 Harrowden forms part of the Shortstown ward for elections to Bedford Borough Council. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Eastcotts Parish Council | About Eastcotts Parish". eastcottsparishcouncil.bedsparishes.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Borough of Bedford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Map referred to in the Bedford (Electoral Changes) Order 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 28 February 2024.


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