Editing Beeston, Bedfordshire

{{Short description|Hamlet in Bedfordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image_name = Beeston Green - geograph.org.uk - 351968.jpg 
|static_image_caption= Beeston Green
|coordinates = {{coord|52.119|-0.295|display=inline,title}}
|official_name      =  Beeston
|population = 
|civil_parish=   [[Sandy, Bedfordshire|Sandy]]
|unitary_england=           [[Central Bedfordshire]]
|lieutenancy_england =    [[Bedfordshire]]
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= [[North East Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Bedfordshire]]
|post_town= [[Sandy, Bedfordshire|Sandy]]
|postcode_district = SG19
|postcode_area= SG
|dial_code= 01767
|os_grid_reference= TL168482
}}
'''Beeston''' is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of about {{convert|530|acre|km2}} in the town of [[Sandy, Bedfordshire|Sandy]] in the [[Wixamtree]] [[Hundred (division)|hundred]] of the [[county]] of [[Bedfordshire]], England, about a half a mile south of Sandy, north of [[Biggleswade]] and east of [[Bedford, Bedfordshire|Bedford]].<ref>Post Office Directory 1854</ref>
Beeston appears in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 where it shown as having a mill: "''Bistone: Roland, Norman and Pirot from Eudo FitzHubert; William Speke; Thurstan the Chamberlain; Godmund; Alwin from the King. Mill.''"

The [[medieval period]] saw the construction of the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]], the post road connecting London to Edinburgh, which ran through Beeston. In the 1930s  the Ministry of Transport upgraded the Great North Road to a trunk road and it became the [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1]] in 1923.  Subsequent upgrades during the 1960s saw this section of the road become a dual carriageway which effectively split the hamlet and isolated the larger part of  Beeston from Sandy, pedestrian access being limited to a footbridge.  Plans are afoot to reposition the road to bypass Beeston/Sandy but no date for this work has been set.

Historically the main occupation of the residents of Beeston was [[market gardening]], farming and [[Straw Plaiting|straw plaiting]] (woman & girls) for the hat industry.<ref>The Census of England and Wales 1841 - 1901 - Public Record Office</ref>

Beeston is in the [[Church of England|Anglican]] Parish of St Swithun, Sandy.  It has a Wesleyan ([[Methodist]]) Chapel built 1865 with seating for 300.<ref>Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898</ref> A former chapel on Beeston Green is now a private home.

The major feature of Beeston is the {{convert|13|acre|m2|adj=on}} village green bounded by many of the older residences.

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{{Places in Bedfordshire}}

[[Category:Hamlets in Bedfordshire]]
[[Category:Sandy, Bedfordshire]]


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