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Carlton with Chellington

civil parish in Bedford, England

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ2191009 ↗
Source-derived summary

Carlton with Chellington is a civil parish in the historical Hundred of Willey in Bedfordshire, England, and is within the Borough of Bedford. The parish is situated on the South bank of the River Great Ouse, from Harrold, and includes the villages of Carlton and Chellington.

The two parishes of Carlton and Chellington were combined in 1934 and until 1974 the parish formed part of Bedford Rural District.

Other nearby places are Pavenham, Turvey, Felmersham, and Stevington.

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The public source identifies “Carlton with Chellington” as civil parish in Bedford, England. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Carlton, Chellington and civil.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1934, 1974—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Carlton, Chellington and civil providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2191009. The first chronological checks are 1934 and 1974.

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This entry incorporates text from “Carlton with Chellington” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.