Ridgmont
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- For names spelt with a letter 'e', see Ridgemont.
  Map sources for Ridgmont at grid reference SP975360
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Ridgmont is a small village beside M1 junction 13, in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is not far from Milton Keynes and Woburn Abbey, and its population is estimated as 410.[1]
It is probably better known for the large Amazon.co.uk warehouse beside Ridgmont railway station, just over a mile away on the other side of the motorway. The warehouse is on the site of the former Ridgmont Brickworks, which was built in 1935 by the Ridgmont Fletton Brick Company. In 1979, as part of the London Brick Company, the works had 25 chimneys and was said to be the second-largest brickworks in the world.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Bedfordshire County Council: Population Estimates and Forecasts 2005.
- ^ A. Cox, Brickmaking: a history and gazetteer, Bedfordshire County Council (Survey of Bedfordshire), 1979, ISBN 0-901051-86-1, p. 135.
