Greenfield

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

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Type: Village with 1,830 residents
Description: village in Bedfordshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Greenfield, Bedfordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruxox Cell and Church of St John the Baptist, Flitton.

Ruxox Cell

Archaeological site

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Ruxox Cell was a moated chapel, or monastic cell, established in the twelfth century in the parish of Flitwick in Bedfordshire, England. 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.

Church of St John the Baptist, Flitton

Church

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De Grey Mausoleum

Tomb

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The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, 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 Wrest Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flitton and Pulloxhill.

Flitton

Village

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Flitton is a village in the civil parish of Flitton and Greenfield, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The village derives its name from the River Flit which flows close by it.

Pulloxhill

Village

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