Cotton End

This article is about Cotton End in Bedfordshire, England. For other places of the same name, see Cotton End (disambiguation).
Cotton End
Cotton End
 Cotton End shown within Bedfordshire
Population 838 
OS grid referenceTL084404
Civil parishEastcotts
Unitary authorityBedford
Ceremonial countyBedfordshire
RegionEast
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited 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 ParliamentNorth East Bedfordshire
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire

Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 0°25′00″W / 52.1°N 0.4166°W / 52.1; -0.4166

Cotton End is a small village located near the centre of the Eastcotts parish 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

  1. ↑ Page, William (1912). A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3. pp. 233–238.

External links

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