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Sharnbrook

Sharnbrook is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, situated around north-west of Bedford town centre.

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Locality: Radwell
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 1,795
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Sharnbrook
UK place.population: 2,293
UK place.population_ref: (2011 Census)
UK place.unitary_england: Bedford
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Bedfordshire
UK place.region: East of England
UK place.constituency_westminster: North Bedfordshire
UK place.post_town: BEDFORD
UK place.postcode_district: MK44
UK place.postcode_area: MK
UK place.dial_code: 01234
UK place.os_grid_reference

Wikidata facts

Instance of: civil parish
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Bedford
Population: +2293
Image: St-Peter's-Church-Sharnbrook.jpg

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Sharnbrook is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, situated around north-west of Bedford town centre.

The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish within the Hundred of Willey but was probably first developed in Saxon times. The oldest surviving building, St Peter's Church, is Norman. The name is believed to be derived from the Anglo Saxon word sharn meaning dung. Many of the older buildings in the village are constructed of the local oolitic limestone, also used in other traditional north Bedfordshire settlements.