Ridgmont

Also known as Ridgmont, Bedfordshire

Ridgmont is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It is located beside junction 13 of the M1 motorway, and close to Milton Keynes and Woburn Abbey. The 2001 census states the total population to be 418, reducing to 411 at the 2011 Census.

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Vinony's link graph records 159 inbound references to Ridgmont, and connects out to civil parish, Shillington and England.

It is catalogued under topics including Central Bedfordshire District, Civil parishes in Bedfordshire and Villages in Bedfordshire.

Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality: Ridgmont
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 411
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name: Ridgmont
UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: Water Tower and Church, Ridgmont - geograph.org.uk - 422745.jpg
UK place.population: 411
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.os_grid_reference: SP975360
UK place.civil_parish: Ridgmont
UK place.unitary_england: Central Bedfordshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Bedfordshire
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.post_town: BEDFORD
UK place.postcode_area: MK
UK place.postcode_district: MK43
UK place.dial_code: 01525
UK place.mapframe: yes
UK place.mapframe zoom: 11
UK place.mapframe point: on

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Central Bedfordshire
Population: 411
Shares border with: Milton Keynes
Image: Water Tower and Church, Ridgmont - geograph.org.uk - 422745.jpg
Dialing code: 01525

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Commons category: Ridgmont
postal code: MK43
OS grid reference: SP975360
P8168: Carlos Garnett
P12749: carbonic acid

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The parish is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, by its original name of Segenhoe, which was approximately 500 yards (metres) southeast from where the village now lies. In 1227 the name Rugemund was first recorded, taken from the French 'rouge mont' which means red hill.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ridgmont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.