Felmersham is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, on the

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, about north west of Bedford. As a civil parish, it includes the hamlet of Radwell, and is sometimes known as Felmersham with Radwell, and has a population of about 800, and is circumscribed by the Great Ouse on the north, east and south. Other nearby places are

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, Odell,

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and

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. Felmersham with Radwell was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish within the Hundred of Willey.British History Online – Parishes and dates
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John de Burnham John de Burnham (died 1363) was an English-born cleric, judge and Crown official who spent much of his career in Ireland. He held office as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland and Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer. He spent many years trying to clear ...

, later Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, was parish priest here in the 1330s. The Church of St Mary is located in the village. The village gave its name to

HMS Felmersham HMS ''Felmersham'' was one of 93 ships of the of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in ''-ham''. The minesweeper was named after Felmersham in Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremon ...

, a Ham class minesweeper. Felmersham has no shop or Post Office but does have one public house, The Sun. Two previous pubs closed in the 1990s; The Plough in 1991 and The Six Ringers in 1995. Felmersham supports a primary school. In 2017, Pinchmill Lower School changed to Pinchmill Primary School when the local education system changed from three tier to two tier. The school caters for children aged 5–11 (previous to 2017 it was 5–9). After leaving, most children move on to

Sharnbrook Academy Sharnbrook Academy, formerly Sharnbrook Upper School until 2017, is a large, rural Academy (English school), academy school located in Sharnbrook, a village in the English county of Bedfordshire. Built in 1975, the school now has over 1900 s ...

. The school building was opened in 1974 and took its name from the Pinchmill Islands in

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External links

Felmersham and RadwellPinchmill Lower School website
Villages in Bedfordshire Civil parishes in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford {{Bedfordshire-geo-stub