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Campton is a village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands (population 1,700)[1] with the nearby Chicksands. It is about 9 miles (14 km) south of Bedford, and is about 9 miles (14 km) north-west from Letchworth and sits on a tributary of the River Ivel.[2] It is just to the west of Shefford. The 13th century Church of All Saints is in the centre of the village.[3]

Campton

Campton church
Campton
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid referenceTL0523
Civil parish
Unitary authority
  • Central Bedfordshire
Ceremonial county
  • Bedfordshire
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHEFFORD
Postcode districtSG17
Dialling code01462
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
  • Mid Bedfordshire
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire
52.029°N 0.358°W / 52.029; -0.358

Campton is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The entry reads: Chambeltone: Ralph de Lanquetot from Walter Giffard; Fulbert from Willian d'Eu; Thurstan.[4] The name Campton is derived from a British stream name similar to the name Camel in Cornwall.[5]

Chicksands is to the north of the village, and consists almost entirely of the wooded Chicksands Priory estate. It was used as an American military base until 1995[6] and returned to the British military. If was first reopened as the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC) in 1997,[7] which in turn became the Joint Intelligence Training Group (JITG) in 2015.[8]

For local government purposes it forms part of Central Bedfordshire Council and is within the Mid Bedfordshire parliamentary constituency, whose MP is currently Nadine Dorries of the Conservative Party.[9]


References


  1. "Detect browser settings". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. "Campton & Chicksands - Home Page". www.camptonandchicksands.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. Historic England. "PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (1113722)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  4. "Campton Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  5. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 84–85. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  6. "School to Fight Merger". Biggleswade Chronicle. 29 July 1994. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  7. "Defence Intelligence and Security Centre annual report and accounts to March 2005" (PDF). gov.uk. July 2005. p. 4. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. "Bedfordshire - Joint Intelligence Training Group Chicksands" (PDF). Sanctuary (44): 74. 2015. ISSN 0959-4132.
  9. "Nadine Dorries MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 9 January 2016.


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