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Cotton End is a small village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bedford. It became its own parish as of 1 April 2019, having previously been part of the parish of Eastcotts.[1][2] Ordnance Survey maps from the 1880s show its name as 'Cardington Cotton End'.[3]

Cotton End

The Bell public house
Cotton End
Location within Bedfordshire
Population838 
OS grid referenceTL084404
Civil parish
  • Cotton End
Unitary authority
  • Bedford
Ceremonial county
  • Bedfordshire
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBEDFORD
Postcode districtMK45
Dialling code01234
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
  • North East Bedfordshire
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire
52.1°N 0.4166°W / 52.1; -0.4166

There is a primary school, a Baptist church, a village hall and a pub.

The Baptist chapel was founded here in 1777. In 1912, Cotton End was described as a scattered hamlet with a school and a farm.[4] It lies further down the A600 road from Shortstown.

A new woodland created by the Forest of Marston Vale in 2005 called Shocott Spring.


References


  1. "The Borough of Bedford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. "Agenda item - REPORTS OF THE GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE". 28 March 2018.
  3. "Home". old-maps.co.uk.
  4. Page, William (1912). A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3. pp. 233–238.


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