Podington

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 52.254
longitude= -0.623
official_name= Podington
civil_parish= Podington and Hinwick
population =
shire_district= Bedford
shire_county = Bedfordshire
region= East of England
constituency_westminster= Bedford
post_town= WELLINGBOROUGH
postcode_district = NN29
postcode_area= NN
dial_code= 01933
os_grid_reference= SP940626

Podington is a village and civil parish in northwest Bedfordshire in England, United Kingdom. The village is within the electoral ward of Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podington lies around 16 km (10 miles) northwest of Bedford and is about 2 km (1.2 miles) east of the county border with Northamptonshire. The parish is sometimes called "Podington" but usually "Podington and Hinwick" and the parish is within the historic Hundred of Willey. Podington is a small picturesque rural village; many of its buildings are stone cottages dating from the 1700s, and some even earlier. Nearby there is paintballing and Podington Garden Centre can be found in the High Street. Podington was included in the Domesday Book 1086; and has been recorded as "Podintone" and "Potintone" from the 1200s and later as "Puddington". [British History Online - Older spellings - 1700s stone cottages [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42387] ] Today it is sometimes spelt (or misspelt) "Poddington".

Located around 3 km (2 miles) southeast of the village are RAF Podington and Santa Pod Raceway. Hinwick House is found at a crossroads under 1 km (0.5 miles) south of the village.

Less than 1.5 km (1 mile) to the south is the hamlet of Hinwick; the closest nearby villages between 1.5 and 3 km (1 and 2 miles) away include Farndish to the northwest and Wymington to the northeast. Nearby larger settlements include Rushden to the north, Irchester to the northwest and Wollaston to the west, all around 5 km (3 miles) away. Wellingborough, which is 7 km (4.4 miles) northwest of Podington, is the village's post town.

ee also

Podington Castle

The Poddington Peas

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