Civil parish Mogerhanger Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01767 | Unitary authority Local time Wednesday 12:39 PM | |
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Population 636 (2001)620 (2011 Census) Weather 15°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Moggerhanger is a village in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is west of Sandy on the road to Bedford. it has a population of 636, reducing to 620 at the 2011 Census. In the twentieth century the village name was spelled variously as: Moggerhanger, Mogerhanger, Muggerhanger and Morehanger. Local pronunciation of the name is as Morhanger.
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Map of Moggerhanger, Bedford, UK
History
The civil parish name is Mogerhanger. The parish includes the hamlet of Chalton which is mentioned in the Domesday Book where it is listed amongst the lands held by Adeliza, wife of Hugh de Grandmesnil, on behalf of the King. The land consisted of a mill, meadow for 10 ploughs and woodland for 16 pigs. This was said to be an outlying area of Potton which was held by the King's niece, Countess Judith.
Notable buildings
The parish church is dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. It was built in 1860 when the village, with the hamlet of Chalton, became a separate ecclesiastical parish. Before that, they had been hamlets in the parish of Blunham.
Moggerhanger House, a Grade I listed building designed largely by John Soane, is situated in the village.