Flitton

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Flitton is a village in Greenfield, Central Bedfordshire

Other current and historical names

Flictha

Built-Up Area: Greenfield
Parish/Community: Flitton and Greenfield
Unitary Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'35"N 0°27'27"W
Eastings/Northings: 505952, 235718
OS Grid: TL059357
Mapcode Local: GBR G3J.YYF
Mapcode Global: VHFQV.0RW4

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Flitton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Flitton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Flitton.-- par., township, and vil., Bedfordshire, on r. Ivel, 2½ m. SE. of Ampthill -- par., 3185 ac., pop. 1369; township, 1025 ac., pop. 690.

Flitton in the Domesday Book

A village in Flitton hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin Horne
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert son of Fafiton
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 3 smallholders; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (6 plough lands)
- Meadow: 6 ploughs
- Woodland: 50 pigs

British Place Names

Flitton, Central Bedfordshire

Flitton is a village in Greenfield, Central Bedfordshire

Flitton in historic gazetteers

Flitton in the Domesday Book