Totternhoe
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Place details
- Locality
- Church End
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 982
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Totternhoe
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SP985215
- UK place.label_position
- top
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Cross Keys, Totternhoe - geograph.org.uk - 193401.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Cross Keys public house
- UK place.population
- 1,197
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Totternhoe
- UK place.unitary_england
- Central Bedfordshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Bedfordshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Central Bedfordshire
- Population
- +1172
- Official website
- totternhoe.com
- Image
- St. Giles, Totternhoe - geograph.org.uk - 193383.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Geography
- History
- Sport and leisure
- Notable buildings and sites
- Adjacent towns and villages
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Totternhoe is a village and civil parish in the Manshead hundred of the county of Bedfordshire, England.
==Overview== Totternhoe is an ancient village in southern Bedfordshire, near Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. Totternhoe Knolls has been a fort for many peoples including Romans and Normans. Totternhoe Castle, of motte-and-bailey design, was built during the Norman period, probably during the years of the Anarchy, only the mound survives. Behind the knoll is a large chalk quarry producing Totternhoe Stone and modern lime kilns.