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Civil parish in Bedfordshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Stondon is a civil parish located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The parish includes the settlements of Lower Stondon and Upper Stondon.

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The name derives from the Old English words stān and dūn, and means "stony hill".[2] The parish itself however was only created in 1985 after an amalgamation of the Lower and Upper Stondon civil parishes.[3]

Stondon is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The entry is as follows: Standone: St Benedict's of Ramsey; Engelhere from Azelina, Ralph Tailbois' wife.

Its services consist of a golf club and bistro, several hairdressers, Stondon Lower School and more.

The former Stondon Transport Museum closed permanently on 6 April 2015,[4] and the greyhound racing track in Stondon closed permanently on 21 January 2024.[5]

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Education

Stondon Lower School is in the village.[6]

It is in the catchment zone for Robert Bloomfield Academy.[7] It is also in the catchment zone for Samuel Whitbread Academy, which has an upper school and sixth form.[8]

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