OS grid reference TL181570 Region East Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Friday 7:02 AM UK parliament constituency North East Bedfordshire | Ceremonial county Bedfordshire Country England Post town ST NEOTS Dialling code 01480 | |
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Little Barford is a village and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the county boundary with Cambridgeshire, adjacent to the town of St Neots. At the 2011 Census the population of the village was included in the civil parish of Wyboston, Chawston and Coleford. The village itself is very small and is close to the east bank of the River Great Ouse.
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Map of Little Barford, Saint Neots, UK
History
The manor of Barford was held by the de Leyham family from about 1194, and then passed by inheritance into the de la Dale family in about 1316: the Dales owned Barford for two centuries, after which it passed by inheritance to the Fettiplace family, and subsequently to the Brownes.
The village contains a small church, a manor house, several cottages and a farmhouse, while almost a kilometre away to the north is Little Barford Power Station feeding the National Grid.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Denys. Nicholas Rowe, the dramatic poet, was born in "Rowe's Cottage" 1674.