Flitton is a small village in Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

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, England

England

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 which forms part of the parish of Flitton and Greenfield

Flitton and Greenfield

Flitton and Greenfield is a civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It consists of Flitton and Greenfield.Flitton and Greenfield are two small hamlets in rural Mid Bedfordshire, situated along the river Flitt and adjoining Flitwick moor....

. The village derives its name from river Flit which flows close by it. It is notable primarily as the home of the De Grey Mausoleum

De Grey Mausoleum

The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. It is a Grade I listed building...

 adjacent to St John the Baptist church. Richard Milward

Richard Milward

Richard Milward is an English writer born in Middlesbrough, in 1984. His debut novel Apples was published by Faber and Faber in 2007. He has also recently published his 2nd novel Ten Storey Love Song....

, the editor of Selden’s Table Talk was born at Flitton in 1609. There are two pubs, The White Hart by the church hall and Jolly Coopers at Wardhedges.

Church of St John the Baptist

The church, which stands on a slight mound on the west side of the village, was probably built by Edmund Grey, Earl of Kent (1465), between 1440 and 1489. It has a 27 feet (8.2 m) chancel, nave 39 feet (11.9 m) long with aisles, south porch and west three-stage tower with a projecting rood stair turret; the whole appears to be one built in local ironstone, embattled. On the walls of the north aisle are three fragmentary brasses commemorating: Eleanor Conquest (1434), Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Waren (1544) and Alice, wife of Reginald Hill (1594).

There are five bells, two (1902 and 1904) by Bowell of Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

, and three (1687) by Richard Chandler of Drayton Parslow

Drayton Parslow

Drayton Parslow is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire about south of Bletchley.-Manor:In the 11th century the toponym was Draintone or Draitone. This is derived from Old English and means "farm where sledges are used"...

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The natural philosopher George Hadley (1685–1768) is buried in the chancel.