Eversholt, Bedfordshire
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Eversholt is a village and civil parish located in Bedfordshire
, England. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book
and is over 1000 years old. "Eversholt" comes from Anglo-Saxon
meaning "wood of the wild boar".
, and most of the inhabitants worked on the Bedford estate. The estate still forms an important, although lesser, part of village life.
Most of the land is used for agriculture. There are about a dozen small businesses operating in converted farm buildings. The current population is about 420. The last shop in the village closed in 1994.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist was originally built at the centre of the village in the twelfth century, and is still used regularly. There is a modern village hall (a replacement for the old Reading Room which burned down in 1984), a tennis court, a pond built by the residents themselves, an open-air swimming pool
, and a pub, the Green Man. Eversholt Cricket Club plays matches every week in summer. There is a school for children from five to seven years old, with about 80 pupils from the village and surrounding area.
The cricket ground was, for many years, one of the only crickets pitches in Britain to have a tree in the playing field. This was a beech tree and was included in the local playing rules. It was very diseased and fell down just a few weeks before it was due to be cut down. It fell whilst small children were playing at a Sunday football club, none were harmed. The tree was then made into wood chips for the local school playground, various wooden objects such as bowls which were auctioned for charity, and a bench was made for the pond area.
The Millennium Pond, built in the year 2000 was transformed from an old field. It is now an area of woodland and plants containing a large pond connected to a stream. The residents built this themselves, and many organisations donated plants or trees, including the school.
The Eversholt Village Charity has been operating for at least 200 years. It owns properties in the village, and distributes income annually to students, to pensioners, and to the church.
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....
, England. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
and is over 1000 years old. "Eversholt" comes from Anglo-Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
meaning "wood of the wild boar".
Overview
For many years, most of the land in the village was owned by the Dukes of BedfordDuke of Bedford
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, and most of the inhabitants worked on the Bedford estate. The estate still forms an important, although lesser, part of village life.
Most of the land is used for agriculture. There are about a dozen small businesses operating in converted farm buildings. The current population is about 420. The last shop in the village closed in 1994.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist was originally built at the centre of the village in the twelfth century, and is still used regularly. There is a modern village hall (a replacement for the old Reading Room which burned down in 1984), a tennis court, a pond built by the residents themselves, an open-air swimming pool
Lido
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, and a pub, the Green Man. Eversholt Cricket Club plays matches every week in summer. There is a school for children from five to seven years old, with about 80 pupils from the village and surrounding area.
The cricket ground was, for many years, one of the only crickets pitches in Britain to have a tree in the playing field. This was a beech tree and was included in the local playing rules. It was very diseased and fell down just a few weeks before it was due to be cut down. It fell whilst small children were playing at a Sunday football club, none were harmed. The tree was then made into wood chips for the local school playground, various wooden objects such as bowls which were auctioned for charity, and a bench was made for the pond area.
The Millennium Pond, built in the year 2000 was transformed from an old field. It is now an area of woodland and plants containing a large pond connected to a stream. The residents built this themselves, and many organisations donated plants or trees, including the school.
The Eversholt Village Charity has been operating for at least 200 years. It owns properties in the village, and distributes income annually to students, to pensioners, and to the church.