Flitton
General History
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Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire 1894 (Extract)
Flitton is a village and parish, bounded on the north by the Flitt, a tributary of the Ouse, 3 miles south-east from Ampthill station, on the main line of the Midland railway, and 10 south-east from Bedford, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Flitt, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of Ampthill, archdeanery of Bedford and diocese of Ely. The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of sandstone in the late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled tower containing 5 bells; here is the mausoleum of the De Grey family, containing many splendid monuments, dating from the 16th century. The register dates from the year 1583. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Greenfield. A Cemetery of about half an acre was formed in 1881, and is under the control of a Burial Board of 5 members.Earl Cowper K.G. who is lord of the manor, and the Drapers' Company are the principal landowners.
The chief crops are wheat, barley, potatoes and beans. The area is 1,022 acres; rateable value, £2,467; the population in 1891 was 561.
Greenfield is a hamlet, principally in this parish, but partly in Pulloxhill. Devine service is conducted in the school-room at Greenfield.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Weston.
Schools:-
Church, Greenfield, for 150 children; average attendance, 100; Miss Charlotte M. Mellor, mistress.
Infants' Flitton, for 70 children; average attendance 20; Miss Mary Catherine Fennemore, mistress.
Carrier to Luton-William Wilsher, sat. ; Geo. Millard, wed. & sat.
Board School (mixed & infants), enlarged in 1873 & holding 170 children; average attendance, 160; John Abbott, master; Miss Woodbridge, infants' mistress.
