Carlton
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1206: The Church first mentioned, it includes work of the 11th and 12th centuries in the tower, nave and chancel.
1672: The house of Gideon Fisher was licensed to hold Baptist meetings.
1720: Benjamin Rogers, diarist, was Rector from 1720-1771.
1729: The parish of Chellington merged ecclesiastically with Carlton to become Carlton-cum-Chellington.
1760: Baptist Chapel built.
1805: Carlton Enclosure Act.
1856: Bedfordshire Reformatory School for Boys opened with places for 70 boys. In 1933 it was renamed Carlton Approved School and was run by the Home Office. In 1972 the premises were taken over by Bedfordshire Social Services and changed to a community home with education.
1872: Village school built. In the Second World War evacuees from Eastbourne shared the school.
1934: Under the North Bedfordshire Review Order the parishes of Carlton and Chellington became the civil parish of Carlton and Chellington.
1959: Disturbances at Carlton Approved School on the 29th and 30th August resulted in a Home Office enquiry.
1972: Carlton V.C. Lower School opened.
1993: The Angel Public House put up for sale in April; taken off the market in May.
1997: St. Margaret's Residential Special School closed.
2002: Terry Waite opens the Emmaus Village in the grounds of the former approved school, one of only nine such villages in the UK. Their purpose is to help rebuild the shattered lives of people who for domestic, financial or other reasons, have lost their homes or drifted away from their families.
Sources:
- The Newspaper Cuttings Collection in the Local Studies Library at Bedford Central Library
- Victoria County History of Bedfordshire 3 Vols. 1912.
Page last updated: 23rd January 2014