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Potsgrove is a small village and civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Sheep Lane.

Potsgrove
Parish church of St Mary
Potsgrove Location within Bedfordshire
Population	44 (2001)
Civil parish	Potsgrove
Unitary authority	Central Bedfordshire
Ceremonial county	Bedfordshire
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MILTON KEYNES
Postcode district	MK17
Police	Bedfordshire
Fire	Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Mid Bedfordshire
List of places UK England Bedfordshire 51.95°N 0.616667°W / 51.95; -0.616667

The first reference to the village appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. The village is first recorded as "Potesgraue".[1] Later references record the village as "Pottesgrove", which is still used in the name of the local ecclesiastical parish.[2]

Manor Farm in Potsgrove for many years was run by the G Hunter and son. The farm organisation had a successful syndicate shoot for many years also included a dairy milk herd along with beef stock.^{[citation needed]}

Woburn Abbey owned land in Potsgrove.[3]

The village held an annual clay shoot which included team guns vs. beaters, plus an open free-to-all shoot off at the end of the day^{[citation needed]}

Prominent local families included the McClurg's who lived at the old school house and worked at manor farm for many years (1970-2013), and the Hodges, Bentley's and Grahams.^{[citation needed]}

Potsgrove had its own school until the early 1900s, along with a pub called the Sow and Pigs.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

Media related to Potsgrove at Wikimedia Commons

• Postgrove community archives

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