Edlesborough

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Edlesborough is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. It is part of an urban area which crosses into the parish of Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, about three miles WSW of Dunstable.

The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Eadwulf's barrow'. It was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Eddinberge.

Included within the parish border of Edlesborough are the hamlets of Dagnall, Northall and part of Ringshall. Hudnall was transferred in 1885 to the parish of Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire.[1] "RAF Edlesborough" was a radio station near Dagnall.

The primary school in Edlesborough is called Edlesborough School, and the nearest secondary school is The Cottesloe School.

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  1. ^ Vision of Britain: Edlesborough Relationships

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Coordinates: 51°51′N, 0°35′W