Chalton, Bedfordshire

Village in Bedfordshire, England

For the hamlet of Chalton that is nearer to Bedford, see Moggerhanger.

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Human settlement in England

Chalton

The Star public house

Chalton

Location within Bedfordshire

Population| 554 (parish)[1]
OS grid reference| TL032263
Unitary authority|

* Central Bedfordshire

Ceremonial county|

* Bedfordshire

Region|

* East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| LUTON
Postcode district| LU4
Police| Bedfordshire
Fire| Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance| East of England

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England
Bedfordshire

51°55′34″N 0°30′03″W﻿ / ﻿51.9260°N 0.5009°W﻿ / 51.9260; -0.5009

Chalton is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England, immediately north of the Luton/Dunstable conurbation and bounded to the east by the M1 motorway and the Midland Main Line railway line.

A footpath, locally known as the "Bound Way", borders the village to the south and south west. This path now forms part of the Chiltern Way.

The fields around Chalton below Carters hill are the source of the River Flit.

Nearby places are Toddington (north west), Chalgrave (west), Houghton Regis (south west), and Sundon (east).

## Listed buildings

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There are several Grade II listed buildings in Chalton, including Gostelow House and Yew Tree Farm.

## Education

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Chalton Lower School stands in the centre of the village and accepts children between ages 4 and 9.[2]

## Hospitality

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The local public house is called The Star.[3]

## Media

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Chalton became the centre of media attention in 2010 when, in a breakthrough case, a local woman was acquitted of keeping a brothel.[4][5]

## Trivia

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During the second world war a German bomber jettisoned a stick of bombs in Chalton, which fell on Carters hill and on the fields between the village and The Bound Way. All the bombs exploded but did no damage.

## Sundon Substation

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The civil parish contains a main electricity substation, to the west of the M1, south of Toddington services. From here, a 400kv line of pylons travels northwards all the way to West Burton power station. This 150-mile line was the first full section to be built of the supergrid in 1965.[6]

## References

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1. ^ ONS, Census 2021 Parish Profiles
2. ^ "Welcome to Chalton Lower School". Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
3. ^ "Star (Chalton) | Venue| Events on". Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
4. ^ "We thought of ourselves as calendar girls". The Times. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
5. ^ Finch, Claire (5 June 2010). "Experience: I ran a brothel in a country village". theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
6. ^ "Electricity network in 2012" (PDF).

## External links

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Media related to Chalton, Bedfordshire at Wikimedia Commons

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* Apsley End
* Arlesey
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* Aspley Heath
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* Barton-le-Clay
* Battlesden
* Beadlow
* Beeston
* Bidwell
* Biggleswade
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* Blunham
* Brogborough
* Broom
* Budna
* Caddington
* Campton
* Chalgrave
* Chalton
* Chicksands
* Chiltern Green
* Church End
* Clifton
* Clipstone
* Clophill
* Cockayne Hatley
* Cranfield
* Dunstable
* Dunton
* East Hyde
* Eaton Bray
* Edworth
* Eggington
* Eversholt
* Everton
* Eyeworth
* Fairfield
* Fancott
* Flitton
* Flitwick
* Gravenhurst
* Greenfield
* Harlington
* Hatch
* Haynes
* Haynes Church End
* Heath and Reach
* Henlow
* Henlow Camp
* Higham Gobion
* Holywell
* Hockliffe
* Holme
* Houghton Conquest
* Houghton Regis
* How End
* Hulcote
* Husborne Crawley
* Hyde
* Ickwell
* Ireland
* Kensworth
* Langford
* Leighton Buzzard
* Lidlington
* Linslade
* Lower Caldecote
* Lower Shelton
* Lower Stondon
* Lower Sundon
* Lower Woodside
* Marston Moreteyne
* Maulden
* Meppershall
* Millbrook
* Milton Bryan
* Moggerhanger
* New Mill End
* Northill
* Old Warden
* Pegsdon
* Pepperstock
* Potsgrove
* Potton
* Pulloxhill
* Ridgmont
* Salford
* Sandy
* Sewell
* Sharpenhoe
* Shefford
* Shillington
* Silsoe
* Slip End
* Southcote
* Southill
* Stanbridge
* Stanford
* Steppingley
* Stondon
* Stotfold
* Streatley
* Studham
* Sutton
* Tebworth
* Tempsford
* Thorn
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* Tilsworth
* Tingrith
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* Totternhoe
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* Upper Gravenhurst
* Upper Shelton
* Upper Stondon
* Upper Sundon
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