Souldrop is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

, now in the parish of Knotting and Souldrop, in the

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district, in the ceremonial county of

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, England, located near the border with

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. Nearby places are,

Sharnbrook Sharnbrook is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish within the Hundred of Willey but was probably first developed in Saxon ti ...

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, Odell,

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, Yelden,

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, and

Newton Bromswold Newton Bromswold is a village and civil parish about east of Rushden in North Northamptonshire, England, adjacent to the border with Bedfordshire. At the 2001 census the parish's population was 62 people in 27 households. The population remai ...

and

Rushden Rushden is a market town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, around east of Northampton. The parish is on the border with Bedfordshire, north of Bedford. The parish of Rushden covers an area of some . The population of Rushde ...

over the border in

. In 1931 the parish had a population of 161. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Knotting to form "Knotting and Souldrop". The schools within the Souldrop catchment are Sharnbrook Primary and Sharnbrook Academy in Sharnbrook. Sharnbrook Summit

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is located near the village.

Notable people

* H. C. Asterley, novelist

References

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Villages in Bedfordshire Former civil parishes in Bedfordshire Borough of Bedford {{Bedfordshire-geo-stub