Carlton, Bedfordshire

Carlton is a village in the Bedford district of Bedfordshire, England, part of the Carlton with Chellington parish with the adjacent village of Chellington. The River Great Ouse runs just to the north of the village. Nearby places are Harrold, Pavenham, Turvey, Lavendon and Little Odell.

Carlton was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish within the Hundred of Willey.^[1] In 1934 the separate parishes of Carlton and Chellington merged to become one the parish named Carlton with Chellington.

Carlton's church is Saint Mary the Virgin, dating from 950AD with a font from c. 1150 is sited outside the current village.

Carlton has two pubs, The Fox and The Royal Oak. The Oak has been closed since 31st March 2009. It has been sold for development. There is a busy Post Office which was recently saved from closure, and Village Shop that sells newspapers, sweets, drinks, milk, locally baked bread, regionally sourced fruit and vegetables, meat raised on nearby village farms, speciality bread and pastries baked on the premises at weekends, and regional cheeses and cold meats. There is also one school, Carlton VC Lower School, and village hall which is also used as the school's assembly and sports hall. The Village has a very successful Emmaus community which includes a busy café / restaurant, furniture repair workshop and second hand shop with furniture, books, china, clothes and bricabrac.

Carlton has a number of playing fields and a fishing club. There is also a Touch Rugby Club that was founded recently by fathers and friends in the village.

External links

• Village web site
• History of Carlton
• Carlton History

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