Stotfold
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Stotfold is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The town covers and the River Ivel passes through the town. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 9,014. The wider built-up area, which the Office for National Statistics defines to additionally include the adjoining Fairfield Park development, had a population of 12,310 at the 2021 census. For the purposes of postal addresses, Stotfold comes under the post town of Hitchin; it was therefore in the postal county of Hertfordshire despite actually being in Bedfordshire.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Stotfold Watermill - geograph.org.uk - 2922424.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Stotfold Mill
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stotfold
- UK place.population_ref
- 9,014 (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Stotfold
- UK place.unitary_england
- Central Bedfordshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Bedfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hitchin
- UK place.post_town
- HITCHIN
- UK place.postcode_district
- SG5
- UK place.postcode_area
- SG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01462
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TL2136
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9632
- Official website
- www.stotfoldtowncouncil.gov.uk
- Image
- Stotfold Mill, Mill Lane - geograph.org.uk - 159395.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01462
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- OS grid reference
- TL2136
- postal code
- SG5
- Commons category
- Stotfold
- P8168
- Francis Wolff
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10 sectionsContents
- Landmarks
- Stotfold Watermill
- St Mary's Church
- Governance
- Education
- Media
- Sport and leisure
- Famous residents
- References
- External links
Stotfold is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The town covers and the River Ivel passes through the town. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 9,014. The wider built-up area, which the Office for National Statistics defines to additionally include the adjoining Fairfield Park development, had a population of 12,310 at the 2021 census. For the purposes of postal addresses, Stotfold comes under the post town of Hitchin; it was therefore in the postal county of Hertfordshire despite actually being in Bedfordshire.
The name Stotfold derives from the Old English stōdfald meaning a 'stud farm'.
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