Keysoe is a village located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. Historically part of the Stodden hundred in Bedfordshire, part of Keysoe was originally located in Huntingdonshire. Today the village forms part of the

Bolnhurst and Keysoe Bolnhurst and Keysoe is a civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 734, reducing to 719 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the villages of Bolnhurst and Keysoe, an ...

civil parish. The Church of St Mary the Virgin is located in the village.
The Keysoe International equestrian centre
is based in Keysoe. The centre is a club and venue for horse sport events and training. The venue was used by equestrian teams training for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

. 15 teams from around the world used Bedford Borough as their training base in preparation for the games.

Notable residents

* Edward Hull,

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

and

watercolour painter Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

, born in Keysoe in 1823 * William Hull, watercolour painter who lived in Keysoe during the 1820s

References

External links

Keysoe and Bolnhurst parish website
Villages in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford {{Bedfordshire-geo-stub