Southill (Southill)
Southill is a rural village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England; about 8 mi south-east of the county town of Bedford.
The 2011 census showed the population for the civil parish as 1,192.
The civil parish includes the villages of Broom and Stanford and the hamlet of Ireland
Its eastern fields are on the plain of the River Ivel; its west is hilly. The village centre is located in a close cluster.
The principal residence, Southill Park, was one of at least four manors, and was for three generations the home of the local branch of the landed Byng family, the Viscounts Torrington, Navy admirals, by whom it was sold at the end of the 18th century to industrialist Samuel Whitbread. Admiral John Byng is buried in All Saints Church, which is a 14th and 15th century church embellished in 1814.
Southill lies about 3 mi south-west of Biggleswade, 21 mi south-west of Cambridge and 40 mi north of London.
Landscape
The village straddles two National Character Areas (NCA) as designated by Natural England. High Street and Stanford Road lie within the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands (NCA 88). Points west fall within the Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge (NCA 90). Central Bedfordshire Council has locally classified the landscape as Lower Ivel Clay Valley (type 4B) where large, open arable fields predominate and the Mid Greensand Ridge (6B) which in addition to arable fields has significant areas of woodland, acid grassland and parkland.
Elevation
The village centre is 44 m above sea level. The land rises to over 80 m near Rowney Warren in the west of the parish.
The 2011 census showed the population for the civil parish as 1,192.
The civil parish includes the villages of Broom and Stanford and the hamlet of Ireland
Its eastern fields are on the plain of the River Ivel; its west is hilly. The village centre is located in a close cluster.
The principal residence, Southill Park, was one of at least four manors, and was for three generations the home of the local branch of the landed Byng family, the Viscounts Torrington, Navy admirals, by whom it was sold at the end of the 18th century to industrialist Samuel Whitbread. Admiral John Byng is buried in All Saints Church, which is a 14th and 15th century church embellished in 1814.
Southill lies about 3 mi south-west of Biggleswade, 21 mi south-west of Cambridge and 40 mi north of London.
Landscape
The village straddles two National Character Areas (NCA) as designated by Natural England. High Street and Stanford Road lie within the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire Claylands (NCA 88). Points west fall within the Bedfordshire Greensand Ridge (NCA 90). Central Bedfordshire Council has locally classified the landscape as Lower Ivel Clay Valley (type 4B) where large, open arable fields predominate and the Mid Greensand Ridge (6B) which in addition to arable fields has significant areas of woodland, acid grassland and parkland.
Elevation
The village centre is 44 m above sea level. The land rises to over 80 m near Rowney Warren in the west of the parish.
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Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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GBP | Pound sterling | £ | 2 |
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EN | English language |
GD | Gaelic language |
CY | Welsh language |