The Village
Carlton is a village in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire. The River Great Ouse runs just to the north of the village. Nearby places are Harrold, Pavenham, Turvey, Lavendon and Odell.
Carlton was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a parish within the Hundred of Willey. In 1934 the separate parishes of Carlton and Chellington merged to become one the parish named Carlton with Chellington.
The church
Carlton's church of Saint Mary the Virgin, dating from 950AD with a font from c. 1150 is sited outside the current village.
A full description is available at St Mary's church
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