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Flitton and Greenfield

Flitton and Greenfield is a parish in the heart of Bedfordshire comprising of the two small villages of Flitton Greenfield. Flitton, anciently called Flitcham, is recorded in the 1851 census and is most notably known as the home of the De Grey Mausoleum. One of the largest grade one listed sepulchral chapels in the Country, the De Grey Mausoleum contains seventeen monuments to the De Grey family who lived in nearby Wrest Park. This mausoleum is testament to the importance that Flitton once had in the local area, with the now much larger village of Silsoe once being part of the parish in the hundred of FLITT.

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Samuel Lewis in 1831 even refers to the Flitton as a township with 501 residents. Greenfield historically was a much smaller settlement and was only expanded during the 19th century as a Methodist settlement alongside the already established Church of England settlement in Flitton. It location means it is close to Flitwick Moor the largest area of wetland in Bedfordshire.