Flitton

Flitton is a village in the civil parish of , in the district of , England. The village derives its name from the River Flit which flows close by it.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Bedfordshire, UK
  • Also known as: “Flitton, Bedfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist, Flitton and De Grey Mausoleum.

Church
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Tomb
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The in Flitton, , , is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. The mausoleum contains over twenty monuments to the de Grey family who lived in nearby .

Archaeological site
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was a moated , or monastic cell, established in the twelfth century in the parish of in , . Situated on the east side of the village of Ruxox, it was granted to the Augustinian priory of Dunstable by Philip de Sanvill, Lord of Flitwick, c.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenfield and Silsoe.

Village
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is a small village about 2 km from the town of in Bedfordshire, England. It lies across from the larger settlement of Flitwick and is on the opposite side of the .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. The village used to be on the main A6 road but a bypass around the village was opened in 1981 at a cost of £1.6m.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in , England 342 ft above sea level with a population of 850 at the 2001 Census, increasing to 985 at the 2011 Census.

Flitton

Latitude
52.01107° or 52° 0′ 40″ north
Longitude
-0.45683° or 0° 27′ 25″ west
Elevation
217 feet (66 metres)
Open location code
9C4X2G6V+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27457676
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2649296
Wiki­data ID
Q1521049
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Flitton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فليتون”
  • Catalan: “Flitton, Bedfordshire”
  • Catalan: “Flitton”
  • Dutch: “Flitton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فليتون”
  • French: “Flitton”
  • Irish: “Flitton”
  • Japanese: “フリットン”
  • Kurdish: “Flitton”
  • Ladin: “Flitton”
  • Persian: “فلیتون”
  • Polish: “Flitton”
  • Russian: “Флиттон”
  • Slovenian: “Flitton”
  • Swedish: “Flitton”
  • Welsh: “Flitton”

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