Potsgrove

{{Short description|Village in Bedfordshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{infobox UK place| |country = England |static_image_name = St. Mary's Potsgrove - southern side - geograph.org.uk - 370570.jpg |static_image_caption= Parish church of St Mary |coordinates = {{coord|51.95|-0.616667|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Potsgrove |population = 44 |population_ref= ''(2001)'' |civil_parish= Potsgrove |unitary_england= [[Central Bedfordshire]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Bedfordshire]] |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= [[Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Bedfordshire]] |post_town= MILTON KEYNES |postcode_district = MK17 |postcode_area=MK |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= }} '''Potsgrove''' is a small village and [[civil parish]] located in the [[Central Bedfordshire]] district of [[Bedfordshire]], England. The parish includes the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of '''Sheep Lane'''.

The first reference to the village appears in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086. The village is first recorded as "Potesgraue".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Potsgrove/Introduction.aspx |title=The Parish of Potsgrove |publisher=Bedfordshire.gov.uk |access-date=2012-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222065642/http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Potsgrove/Introduction.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later references record the village as "Pottesgrove", which is still used in the name of the local ecclesiastical parish.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/GuidesToCollections/GuideToBedfordshireParishes.aspx |title=Guide to Bedfordshire parishes |publisher=Bedfordshire.gov.uk |access-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213003435/http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/GuidesToCollections/GuideToBedfordshireParishes.aspx |archive-date=13 February 2012 }}</ref>

Manor Farm in Potsgrove for many years was run by the G Hunter and son. The farm organisation had a successful syndicate shoot for many years also included a dairy milk herd along with beef stock.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Woburn Abbey owned land in Potsgrove.<ref>In 1473; second entry in http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT2/E4/CP40no847/bCP40no847dorses/IMG_1461.htm</ref>

The village held an annual clay shoot which included team guns vs. beaters, plus an open free-to-all shoot off at the end of the day{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Prominent local families included the McClurg's who lived at the old school house and worked at manor farm for many years (1970–2013), the Hodges, Bentley's and Grahams.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

Potsgrove had its own school until the early 1900s, along with a pub called the Sow and Pigs.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Potsgrove}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416030221/http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Potsgrove/PotsgroveIndexOfPages.aspx Postgrove community archives]

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