Studham -Bedfordshire
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Norfolk12
N 51° 49.878 W 000° 31.014
30U E 671093 N 5745190
A sleepy little village at the foot of the chiltern hills.
co -ords taken from War Memorial / Village Clock.
Waymark Code: WM5BHP
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/13/2008
Views: 8
Studham is a village in the county of Bedfordshire. The parish bounds to the south the Buckinghamshire border, and to the east is the Hertfordshire border. The village lies in the wooded south facing rolls of the Chiltern Hills.
In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Estodham. Studham's church celebrated its millennium in 1997.
The ancient parish of Studham straddled the Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire border. In 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, the parish was partitioned into two parts, one on each side of the county border. They were re-united as a single parish, in Bedfordshire, in 1897
The village currently has two pubs, the older of which, The Bell, dates before the English Civil War.
In the early 20th century, work to make safe the old well in the pub garden revealed discarded or hidden civil war weapons.
The village still retains substantial common land that was not lost as a result of the Inclosure Acts.
Studham Common was the site of the "Blue Man" extraterrestrial sighting incident in 1967.
Location. Studham Common Bedfordshire England
Date: January 28 1967
Time: 1345
A group of 6 10 and 11-year old children, including Alex Butler, Tony Banks, Terry Cahill, Colin Lonsdale and David Inglis, were playing in the Dell, near Studham Common, on their way to afternoon school, when a flash of lighting struck nearby; a few moments later, Alex Butler saw standing near some bushes, about 20 yards away, "a little blue man with a tall hat and a beard." Alex and the others ran toward him and the little figure "disappeared in a puff of smoke." This appearance and disappearance was repeated twice. Then they heard voices speaking in an incomprehensible tongue, as they saw the little man for the last time. He wore a one-piece suit with a broad black belt at whose buckle was a 6" black box. The arms, held at his side, were not seen to move. The beard was a forked one. The children ran off to school, where their teacher wisely had them write down all the details separately.
Humcat 1967-9
Source: R H B Winder, FSR Vol. 13 # 4
Type: E
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