SANDY - BEDFORDSHIRE
Sandy is a small market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England. It lies 18 miles west of Cambridge and 8 miles east of Bedford and 43 miles north of Central London
"SANDY, a
parish in the hundreds of Wixamtree and Biggleswade, county Bedford, 4 miles
north west of Biggleswade, and 3½ west of Potton. It is a station, on the Great
Northern railway. The village, which is extensive, is situated on the river
Irvel, and on the road from Potton to Bedford. A large portion of the land is
laid out in garden grounds, and cucumbers are grown in the open air. The soil
is chiefly of a sandy nature, but is rich and fertile. The substratum is
sandstone intermixed with iron, fossil wood, and small pebbles, in which yellow
quartz predominates. The hamlets of Beeston Green, Gritford, and Stratford are
within this parish. The church, dedicated to St. Swithin, is an ancient
edifice, with a tower containing a clock and five bells.
“BEESTON, (or Besston Green) a hamlet in the parishes of Northill and Sandy, hundred of Wixamtree, in the county of Bedford, 2 miles to the north west of Biggleswade. It is near the Sandy station of the Great Northern railway.
"GIRTFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Sandy, hundred of Biggleswade, county Bedford, 1 mile north west of Sandy, and 4 miles north west of Biggleswade. It is situated on the banks of the river Ivel. Francis Pym, Esq., is lord of the manor."
"SEDDINGTON, a hamlet in the parish of Sandy, county of Bedfordshire, 1¼ miles south of Sandy."
"STRATFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Sandy, county of Bedfordshire, 1 mile south east of Sandy."
"THE HASELLS, (later Hasells Hall, now Hazells Hall) a single house in the parish of Sandy, 1¾ miles east of Sandy.
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