Pertenhall is a small village and
civil parish located in
Bedfordshire, close to the borders of
Cambridgeshire and
Northamptonshire. Its parish council is
Quality Parish Council It has recently published its
Parish Plan which is available on the website
The name derives from Peters Hill (allegedly) based on the Hill by
St Peters Church. The parish of Pertenhall &
Swineshead is part of the
Stodden
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Hundred (which comprises
Bolnhurst
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The name is derived from the Old English ''bula- ...
,
Clapham,
Dean and Shelton,
Keysoe,
Knotting,
Little Staughton
Little Staughton is a small village and civil parish located in the north of Bedfordshire. The parish church, All Saints, is set apart from the present village – the previous village having been abandoned following an outbreak of the Bubonic p ...
,
Melchbourne,
Milton Ernest
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,
Oakley, Pertenhall,
Riseley,
Shelton,
Tilbrook and
Yelden
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).
The village is drawn out along the B660 beginning with Chapel Yard, derived from the
Moravian Chapel located there and is characterised by a series of 'Ends', namely Wood End (a cul-de-sac, terminating at a footpath known locally as 'the Track', Chadwell End (a thoroughfare), derived from the
Chad
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Well that exists nearby and leading to Green End at the south.
Moravian Chapel
Little remains of the chapel itself but there are still gravestones in the graveyard.
St Peter's Church
The village's oldest building is the church, which dates from
Norman times. There are also a number of interesting buildings such as the Manor House, Hoo Farm and Green End Farm House, all of which date back several hundred years.
Village Hall
The Village Hall was formerly the Village School which was in use from 1870 to 1946. The school was built on a site bequeathed by the Reverend John King Martyn M.A. and a plaque in the hall commemorates this. John King Martyn was the grandson of the botanist
John Martyn.
Education
The
primary school within
catchment of Pertenhall is located in the village of Riseley, four miles away from Pertenhall, and is called Riseley Primary School. The
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
within catchment of Pertenhall is in the village of
Sharnbrook, eight miles away from Pertenhall, and is called
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 ...
.
References
External links
Pertenhall & Swineshead Parish Council*
Stodden Hundred
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Villages in Bedfordshire
Civil parishes in Bedfordshire
Borough of Bedford