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Billington (the name probably means hill with a sharp ridge) is a parish in Bedfordshire about three miles south of Leighton Buzzard. There are two settlements: Little Billington (a hamlet in the west of the parish) and one that is now called Great Billington (straddling the busy A4146). A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...
Bedfordshire is a county in England and forms part of the East of England region. ...
Location within the British Isles Leighton Buzzard is a town near the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, and is between Luton and Milton Keynes. ...
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 Parish church of St Michael and All Angels, Great Billington, Bedfordshire The centre of the Great Billington is Billington Hill, on top of which is the small parish church. An iron age fort and settlement once occupied this site. The church was originally a small mediaeval chapel, however in the late 1860s it was enlarged to a church, and a rectory built next to it to house the first incumbent. This was when Billington was first recorded as a parish in its own right. The bell turret of the church (it has no tower) came to the church second hand, from the church at nearby Linslade, which too was being enlarged at the time. The interior of the church is very simple, a small stained glass window, in the west wall commemorates Edward Bradshaw the first rector. photographed by uploader who releases into public domaine This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
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The village contains some half timbered thatched cottages, in the area around the summit of the hill, and also some old farmhouses and cottages. One of the thatched cottages on top of the hill, has the dubious honour of having featured on countless chocolate boxes and biscuit tins. One of the most attractive houses in the village is 'Walkers Farm', a brick and timber house dating from the 16th century. Its once thatched roof is now tiled. Thatching is the art or craft of covering a roof with vegetative materials such as straw, reed or sedge. ...
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During the late 1870s and early 1880 large areas of the village were bought by Arthur Macnamara who built at this time the manor house, and transformed the village into a typical Victorian estate village. The village school, halfway up the hill was built at this time also. It closed as a school in the 1950s. 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Arthur Macnamara 1831 - 1906, as squire of Billington near Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire he turned a ruinous village into a model Victorian Estate. ...
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In the early 20th century a point-to-point course was built on the estate, people came from all over England to attend the race meeting held there. Edward VIII when Prince of Wales was a frequent competitor at the races, on one occasion breaking his collar bone in a fall from a horse. The races discontinued after World War II. Arthur Macnamara 1831 - 1906, as squire of Billington near Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire he turned a ruinous village into a model Victorian Estate. ...
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At one time Great Billington had two public houses and a post office, however, today all are closed and converted to houses. In spite of this lack of amenities the village has a thriving community based on the church, and the village hall with its adjacent green and tennis courts. A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British cultural heritage. ...
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Use of the name Great Billington
Mapmakers, from Thomas Jefferys in 1765 to the Ordnance Survey in 2006, have consistently written the word "Billington" next to the settlement by the church and the words "Little Billington" next to the hamlet of that name.[1] [2] Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. ...
In the 1990s, there was a campaign by villagers to use the name "Great Billington", with a claim that it was always used historically. This is not the case in most books on local history and place-names, but there are examples of earlier use in a will dated 1543,[3] Kelly's Directory ("comprising Great and Little Billington"),[4] the Victoria County History ("hamlets of Great and Little Billington"),[5] and the Royal Mail Postcode Directory (either "Great" or "Little" in the official postal addresses).[6] As a result of the campaign, the county council unveiled a new "Great Billington" village sign on 20 June 1997, and some of the road signs at entrances to the settlement now use the name. Local history is the study of the history of a relatively small geographic area; typically a specific settlement, parish or county. ...
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"Great Billington" has been used as the name of the whole civil parish,[7] but the parish council now uses the name "Billington" again.[8] [9] [10] The ecclesiastical parish is called "Billington".[11] In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
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References - ^ Thomas Jefferys, The County of Bedford, reprinted by Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, 1983.
- ^ Ordnance Survey, OS Landranger Map 165, edition D1, 2006.
- ^ Will of Richard Marten of Great Byllington, Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service reference ABP/R11/38. Note that this is the only record in their online catalogue for the place "Great Billington", compared with 225 records for "Billington".
- ^ 1890 Kelly's Directory - Billington with the same wording in directories from 1885 to 1940.
- ^ William Page (editor), The Victoria history of the county of Bedford, vol. III, Constable, 1912, p. 400'.
- ^ The Thomson Directory: Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard area, 1992.
- ^ For an example see The District of South Bedfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001.
- ^ Billington Parish Council, Minutes of a meeting held at the Village Hall on 6th July 2006, item 11. "A resident of Little Billington has brought to the Parish Councils attention that all Parish Council documentation is in the name of Great Billington and it was felt that Little Billington was not included. This was discussed and it was agreed that as from now, all Parish Council correspondence would be headed Billington Parish Council."
- ^ Bedfordshire Parish and Town Clerks
- ^ South Bedfordshire Towns & Parishes
- ^ Parishes in the diocese of St Albans
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