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31: 47: 834: 54: 226: 461:, a monastic house built in 1150, is located within the grounds of the Joint Intelligence Training Group. It is open to the public, by appointment only, on the 1st & 3rd Sunday afternoons, April–October. Chicksands Priory was formerly an 465:, from 1858 Chicksands Priory was a civil parish in its own right, it was later renamed to just "Chicksands", on 1 April 1985 the parish was abolished and merged with Campton to form "Campton & Chicksands". 616: 888: 510: 266: 590: 250: 539: 1560: 243: 443:
direction finding antenna from 1963 to 1995. The antenna was known as the 'Elephant Cage' and was dismantled before the USAF left in 1995. It is now home to the
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Chichesana/e: William de Cairon from Bishop of Lincoln; Three freemen and Walter from Azelina, Ralph Tailbois' wife (it is of her dowry). Mill.
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In 1961 the parish had a population of 607. In 2007, the population was estimated to be 2,510. By the 2011 census the figure was 1,699.
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Mid Bedfordshire District Council moved to a new office building on a part of the former
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Beatty, Gavin (2010). "Bedfordshire - Defence Intelligence and Security Centre".
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from 1950 to 1995. It was the location for its first huge
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It means "Cicca's sands", where Cicca is a personal name.
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A Vision of Britain through Time 567:. 17 November 2006. Archived from 508:Population Estimates and Forecasts 53: 14: 445:Joint Intelligence Training Group 362:, England. The village is on the 832: 694:. Visit Shefford. Archived from 487:A Vision of Britain through Time 52: 45: 29: 416:Chicksands is mentioned in the 767:. Friends of Chicksands Priory 540:Office for National Statistics 435:. The station was used by the 404:. 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Chicksands is located in Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
OS grid reference
TL124389
Civil parish
Campton and Chicksands
Unitary authority
Central Bedfordshire
Ceremonial county
Bedfordshire
Region
East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SG17
Dialling code
Police
Bedfordshire
Fire
Bedfordshire and Luton
Ambulance
East of England
UK Parliament
Mid Bedfordshire
UK
England

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