Stagsden
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Stagsden is a small but historic village and civil parish located in northwest Bedfordshire
, near the Buckinghamshire
border. Situated on the main route between nearby Bedford
and Milton Keynes
, the village was bypassed by the A422
in April 1992, to allow the increasing amount of traffic to avoid the necessary 30 mph speed limit that persists in Stagsden to this day.
The village has at its centre St. Leonard's church, where High Street, Bedford Road and Church Lane all meet. Toward the western end of the village, along High Street, can be found the Royal George pub and the Village Hall (formerly the primary school). The village's history is well preserved, and several millennium projects centred around such preservation for future generations.
In 2000, Stagsden acquired two new additions to village life. A Millennium bench was put in place at the corner of Bedford Road and the High Street, and Bedfordshire Golf Club opened its newly built course on the hillside facing the village, on the other side of the A422.
A latecomer to the 21st century is the village sign, next to the church, which is a quintessentially rural affair and is rather splendid.
For electoral purposes the village is part of Turvey ward and is represented on Bedford Borough Council by Mark Smith, elected in May 2007.
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
, near the Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
border. Situated on the main route between nearby Bedford
Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 79,190 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town...
and Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
, the village was bypassed by the A422
A422 road
The A422 is an "A" road for east-west journeys in south central England, connecting the county towns of Bedford and Worcester by way of Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Banbury and Stratford-upon-Avon. For most of its length, is a narrow single carriageway....
in April 1992, to allow the increasing amount of traffic to avoid the necessary 30 mph speed limit that persists in Stagsden to this day.
The village has at its centre St. Leonard's church, where High Street, Bedford Road and Church Lane all meet. Toward the western end of the village, along High Street, can be found the Royal George pub and the Village Hall (formerly the primary school). The village's history is well preserved, and several millennium projects centred around such preservation for future generations.
In 2000, Stagsden acquired two new additions to village life. A Millennium bench was put in place at the corner of Bedford Road and the High Street, and Bedfordshire Golf Club opened its newly built course on the hillside facing the village, on the other side of the A422.
A latecomer to the 21st century is the village sign, next to the church, which is a quintessentially rural affair and is rather splendid.
For electoral purposes the village is part of Turvey ward and is represented on Bedford Borough Council by Mark Smith, elected in May 2007.