- Felmersham
Felmersham is a
village andcivil parish in the Bedford district ofBedfordshire ,England , on theRiver Great Ouse , about convert|7|mi|km|0 north west ofBedford . As a civil parish, it includes the hamlet of Radwell, and is sometimes known as Felmersham and Radwell, and has a population of about 800, and is circumscribed by the Great Ouse on the north, east and south. Other nearby places areSharnbrook , Odell,Pavenham andMilton Ernest . Felmersham with Radwell was recorded in theDomesday Book of 1086 as a parish within theHundred of Willey . [British History Online – Parishes and dates [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42376] ]The village gave its name to
HMS Felmersham , aHam class minesweeper .Felmersham has no shop or
Post Office but does have onepublic house , The Sun. Two previous pubs closed in the 1990s; The Plough in 1991 and The Six Ringers in 1995.Felmersham supports a lower school, Pinchmill Lower School, which was opened in 1974, taking its name from the Pinchmill Islands in
Sharnbrook . The school caters for children aged 5-9. After leaving, children attendLincroft Middle School in Oakley, orHarrold Priory Middle School in Harrold.External links
* [http://www.felmersham.net/ Felmersham and Radwell]
* [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ken.shrimpton/felmersham.htm Felmersham Village]
* [http://www.pinchmill.beds.sch.uk/ Pinchmill Lower School website]References
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