Pavenham
# Pavenham

Pavenham is a small village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Bedford. Village amenities consist of St Peter's Church, a pub, Village hall, tennis Club, Cricket Club and golf club. The village is home to many clubs and societies including an active WI.

The village has two nature reserves, Stevington Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and Pavenham Osier Beds, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

## Timeline

1086: Domesday Book identifies Pavenham in the ancient hundred of Buckelowe

1205: Church first mentioned as a chapel or daughter church to Felmersham

13th Century: Church exists only as a nave and chancel

14th Century: The tower, spire and the chapel north of the chancel added to the Church

15th Century: North aisle and south transept (a chapel) added to the Church

1578: Churchwardens report Trinity College for letting the Church fall into disrepair

1665: The year that the Pavenham Old Yew Tree believed to have been planted, the year of the Great Plague

1770: Pavenham Enclosure Act

1798: Workhouse first mentioned

1813: Water Mill closed

1827: Sunday School Started

1853: Church of England School opened, provided by Squire Tucker

1857: Wesleyan Chapel built

1877: Vicarage built, designed by Bedford architect John Usher

1888: Cricket Club Founded

1920: War memorial unveiled

1935: Electricity came to the village

1938: The Cock Inn substantially rebuilt

1955: Roof to the nave of the Church replaced

1959: Village Hall re-opened after improvements made

1960: Pavenham Bury demolished

1961: The Old Yew Tree transplanted 15 feet from its original position as part of a road improvement scheme

1965: Pavenham Women's Institute plant oak in the playing fields to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Women's Institute

1967: Pavenham Sports Pavilion Opened - built by local builder Charles Cartlidge.

1972: Vicarage demolished

1980: New Village Hall opened

1983: Village school closed

## Sport

Pavenham is the origin village of Pavenham Football Club, established in 2010. The club was promoted to Bedfordshire County Football Premier Division after their 3rd successive promotion.

* St Peter's Church
* High Street, Pavenham
* Pavenham Golf Course
