Cotton End
This article is about Cotton End in Bedfordshire, England. For other places of the same name, see Cotton End (disambiguation).
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 The Bell public house |
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  Cotton End |
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| Population | 838 |
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| OS grid reference | TL084404 |
| Civil parish | Eastcotts |
| Unitary authority | Bedford |
| Ceremonial county | Bedfordshire |
| Region | East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEDFORD |
| Postcode district | MK45 |
| Dialling code | 01234 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | North East Bedfordshire |
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Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 0°25′00″W / 52.1°N 0.4166°W
Cotton End is a small village located near the centre of the Eastcotts parish (where the 2011 Census population was included) on the outskirts of Bedford.
Officially, Cotton End is one of the villages of Eastcotts, and is the centre-most settlement within the civil parish.
There is a primary school and a Bapist Church.
A Baptist chapel was founded here in 1777. In 1912, Cotton End was described as a scattered hamlet with a school and a farm.[1] It lies further down the A600 road from Shortstown.
A new woodland created by the Forest of Marston Vale in 2005 called Shocott Spring.
References
- ↑ Page, William (1912). A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3. pp. 233–238.
External links
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