Chawston

Chawston

Coordinates: 52°11′32″N 0°18′54″W / 52.19235°N 0.31499°W / 52.19235; -0.31499

Chawston
Chawston is located in Bedfordshire
Chawston

 Chawston shown within Bedfordshire
OS grid reference TL152562
Parish Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden
Unitary authority Bedford
Ceremonial county Bedfordshire
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BEDFORD
Postcode district MK44
Dialling code 01480
Police Bedfordshire
Fire Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance East of England
EU Parliament East of England
UK Parliament North East Bedfordshire
List of places: UK • England • Bedfordshire

Chawston is a hamlet in the English county of Bedfordshire.

Chawston is mainly situated on the Western side of the A1 trunk road, although the settlement does have a number of residential properties on the Eastern side of the A1. Chawston is some 8 miles from Bedford in the West and some 3 miles from St Neots due North East.

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History

Chawston was first recorded as a settlement in 1086 as part of the Domesday Book. (it is actually recorded as Chauelestorne and Calnestorne).[1]

The Chawston the manor estate dates to 1186, though the current Chawston Manor House is a 17th Century Grade II listed building.[2] A former M.P. for Bedfordshire, Robert Hunt, owned Chawston Manor in 1414. The manor passed to his son, Roger Hunt, who was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1421 and 1433. He was also was created baron of the Exchequer.[3]

During the 1930s, much of Chawston was incorporated into the Land Settlement Association Scheme (LSA). The scheme provided unemployed miners from Kent and North East England smallholdings of five acres in Chawston. The new tenants of the land were required to sell any produce they grew through the LSA scheme. Approximately fifty years later, the LSA was abolished, and the properties in Chawston were sold on the open market, though some were secured by existing tenants. Many of the original LSA cottages have been extended and renovated since this time.[3]

Chawston today

Chawston forms part of the Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden civil parish, and is mainly residential. The nearest shops and local services available to residents of Chawston are mainly located in the neighbouring village of Wyboston.

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