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Studham




In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as ''Estodham''. Studham's church celebrated its Millennium in 1997 .

The ancient parish of Studham straddled the Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire border. In 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 , the parish was partitioned into two parts, one on each side of the county border. They were re-united as a single parish, in Bedfordshire, in 1897.Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England. Volume 1.

The village currently has two pubs, the older of which, The Bell, dates till before the English Civil War . In the early 20th century, work to make safe the old well in the pub garden revealed discarded or hidden civil war weapons.

The village still retains substantial sighting incident in 1967 .


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