Lower Stondon
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Lower Stondon is a small village in Central Bedfordshire
close to the Hertfordshire
Border and has a population of approximately 2000. The village is part of the larger Stondon
civil parish
, with the name "Stondon" deriving from the Saxon word meaning Stone Hill. The A600 runs directly through the village and is within 3 miles of the A1 (M) Motorway A1 road (Great Britain) which provides a direct route from London to Edinburgh and approximately 10 miles from the M1 motorway
which connects London to Leeds.
Lower Stondon is approximately 10 minutes from Hitchin
Railway Station which has direct links to Stevenage
, London
, Cambridge
and Peterborough
and approximately 5 minutes from Arlesey
Railway Station.
and Henlow Camp
, there are a number of amenities within close reach on the A600 roundabout, these consist of a grocery store, hairdressers, an estate agent, a sandwich shop, an antique shop, an electrical shop, several takeaway restaurants and a large family pub and hotel. Another attraction to the village is the Mount Pleasant Golf Club.
aged 13.
The schools all maintain websites which can be found at -
Stondon Lower School - http://www.stondonls.beds.sch.uk/
Robert Bloomfied Middle School - http://www.bf5.md.e2bn.net/index.htm
Henlow Middle School - http://www.henlowmiddleschool.co.uk/
Samuel Whitbread Community College
- http://www.swcc.beds.sch.uk/
Chapel in the village along Station Road just opposite the golf club. The Anglican church of All Saints is up the hill in Upper Stondon
.
The village also hosts the largest private transport museum in the UK. The collection has over 400 exhibits, including cars, motorcycles, tanks, aircraft, and a full-size replica of Captain Cook's ship, the HM Bark Endeavour
.
has two entries for Lower Stondon.
In Folio 209 Bedfordshire, Section Roman VIII, The Land of St Benedict of Ramsey, Clifton Hundred it says:
In [Lower and Upper] Stondon the same abbot [of St Benedict] holds half a hide. There is land for half a plough, and there is [half a plough]. This land belongs and belonged to the Demesne of the church of St Benedict. It is worth 15s.
In Folio 209 Bedfordshire, Section Roman LV, The Land of the Wife of Ralph Taillebois, Clifton Hundred it says:
In [Lower and Upper] Stondon Engeler holds 2½ hides of Azelina. There is land for 2½ ploughs. In Demesne [are] 2 ploughs; and 3 bordars with half a plough. There are 2 slaves [and] meadow for 2½ ploughs. It is worth 60s; when received, 40s; TRE £4. Wulfmær, of Eaton Socon, a thegn of King Edward, held this land; and there were 5 soak men, men of the same Wulfmær, and they could give and sell [their land] to whom they wished.
Central Bedfordshire
Central Bedfordshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It was created from the merger of Bedfordshire County Council, Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire on 1 April 2009...
close to the Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
Border and has a population of approximately 2000. The village is part of the larger Stondon
Stondon
Stondon is a civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Lower Stondon and Upper Stondon....
civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
, with the name "Stondon" deriving from the Saxon word meaning Stone Hill. The A600 runs directly through the village and is within 3 miles of the A1 (M) Motorway A1 road (Great Britain) which provides a direct route from London to Edinburgh and approximately 10 miles from the M1 motorway
M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
which connects London to Leeds.
Lower Stondon is approximately 10 minutes from Hitchin
Hitchin
Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 30,360.-History:Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people mentioned in a 7th century document, the Tribal Hidage. The tribal name is Brittonic rather than Old English and derives from *siccā, meaning...
Railway Station which has direct links to Stevenage
Stevenage
Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south....
, London
London
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, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
and Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
and approximately 5 minutes from Arlesey
Arlesey
Arlesey is a small industrial town and civil parish in the district of Central Bedfordshire in Bedfordshire. It is located on the border with Hertfordshire, about three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, four miles north of Hitchin and six miles south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway...
Railway Station.
Amenities
Lower Stondon does not have many amenities; there is a grocery store and hairdressers on Station Road, and an Indian restaurant in Fakeswell Lane, however being close to RAF HenlowRAF Henlow
RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage. It houses the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, the RAF Signals Museum and 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron.- History :...
and Henlow Camp
Henlow Camp
Henlow Camp is a settlement in Bedfordshire, England.RAF Henlow was first established in the area during World War I. Henlow Camp as a civilian settlement has grown up around the station since this time. Though Henlow Camp is part of the Henlow civil parish, it is located nearer to the village of...
, there are a number of amenities within close reach on the A600 roundabout, these consist of a grocery store, hairdressers, an estate agent, a sandwich shop, an antique shop, an electrical shop, several takeaway restaurants and a large family pub and hotel. Another attraction to the village is the Mount Pleasant Golf Club.
Free Publications
Part of the village receives the Advertiser, the Comet and the Bedfordshire on Sunday newspapers. The village has its own magazine, distributed each season about the village and surrounding area called Stondon Times edited by Kelly Wallace Horne. Cost of production of the magazine is funded by advertising, which appears in the magazine, and is edited and distributed by volunteers who live in the village. The village also receives two magazines distributed to villages in the surrounding area, one called In and Around and the other called The Villager.Schools
The village has a Lower School, which was originally built in 1861 and extended in the 1950s and 1960s. Children join when they are 5 and then transfer to a Middle School in the area aged 9 (Henlow Middle or Robert Bloomfield) and then onto Samuel Whitbread Community CollegeSamuel Whitbread Community College
Samuel Whitbread Community College serves the rural communities around the small market town of Shefford in Central Bedfordshire. It consists of an expanding upper school for years 13-18, a nursery school and facilities for adult education...
aged 13.
The schools all maintain websites which can be found at -
Stondon Lower School - http://www.stondonls.beds.sch.uk/
Robert Bloomfied Middle School - http://www.bf5.md.e2bn.net/index.htm
Henlow Middle School - http://www.henlowmiddleschool.co.uk/
Samuel Whitbread Community College
Samuel Whitbread Community College
Samuel Whitbread Community College serves the rural communities around the small market town of Shefford in Central Bedfordshire. It consists of an expanding upper school for years 13-18, a nursery school and facilities for adult education...
- http://www.swcc.beds.sch.uk/
Places of worship
There is a BaptistBaptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
Chapel in the village along Station Road just opposite the golf club. The Anglican church of All Saints is up the hill in Upper Stondon
Upper Stondon
Upper Stondon is a hamlet in Bedfordshire, England, part of the wider Stondon civil parish.Upper Stondon is a very small settlement with few amenities. However the village of Lower Stondon and nearby Henlow Camp have extensive local amenities and services....
.
Stondon Transport Museum -
HM Bark Endeavour
HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771....
.
Domesday Entry
The Domesday BookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
has two entries for Lower Stondon.
In Folio 209 Bedfordshire, Section Roman VIII, The Land of St Benedict of Ramsey, Clifton Hundred it says:
In [Lower and Upper] Stondon the same abbot [of St Benedict] holds half a hide. There is land for half a plough, and there is [half a plough]. This land belongs and belonged to the Demesne of the church of St Benedict. It is worth 15s.
In Folio 209 Bedfordshire, Section Roman LV, The Land of the Wife of Ralph Taillebois, Clifton Hundred it says:
In [Lower and Upper] Stondon Engeler holds 2½ hides of Azelina. There is land for 2½ ploughs. In Demesne [are] 2 ploughs; and 3 bordars with half a plough. There are 2 slaves [and] meadow for 2½ ploughs. It is worth 60s; when received, 40s; TRE £4. Wulfmær, of Eaton Socon, a thegn of King Edward, held this land; and there were 5 soak men, men of the same Wulfmær, and they could give and sell [their land] to whom they wished.