Sundon is a civil parish in the English

England

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 county of Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

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There are two settlements: the one called Upper Sundon

Upper Sundon

Upper Sundon is a village located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.The village is the largest settlement in the wider Sundon civil parish, though Lower Sundon is presumed to be older, as the parish church is located there.Today, Upper Sundon houses most of the...

 at the top of the hill is now the main village

Village

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, and the presumably older one by the church is now a hamlet

Hamlet

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 called Lower Sundon

Lower Sundon

Lower Sundon is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.The settlement was established before 1066, and St Mary the Virgin Church was first built in Lower Sundon in the 13th Century....

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Because of changes to its boundary, the parish no longer includes Sundon Park

Sundon Park

Sundon Park is an area of north Luton in Bedfordshire. The name is taken from the nearby villages of Upper Sundon and Lower Sundon, and the estate was originally built as a self contained community based around the SKF ball bearing factory.- Local Area :...

 (which is now an area of Luton) or the "Sundon Substation" of the National Grid for electricity (which lies west of the railway, near the village of Chalton

Chalton, Bedfordshire

Chalton is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, immediately north of the Luton/Dunstable conurbation and bounded to the east by the M1 motorway and the Midland Main Line railway line....

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