Totternhoe
| Totternhoe | |
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 The Cross Keys public house |
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 Totternhoe
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| Totternhoe shown within Bedfordshire | |
| Population | 1,180 (2001 census) 1,172 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP985215 |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dunstable |
| Postcode district | LU6 |
| Dialling code | 01582 (Church End) 01525 (Middle and Lower Ends) |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Totternhoe Online |
Totternhoe is a village and civil parish in the Manshead hundred of the county of Bedfordshire, England.
Totternhoe is an ancient village in southern Bedfordshire, near Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. Totternhoe Knolls has been a fort for many peoples including Romans and Normans. Behind the knoll is a large chalk quarry producing Totternhoe Stone and modern lime kilns.
The parish church of Saint Giles dates from the 13th century.
The village has about 300 homes housing about 1,000 people.
There are several farms and a small lower school, Totternhoe Lower School.
The village has two public houses, The Old Farm Inn in Church End and The Cross Keys in Middle End. Another pub in Church End, The Bell, was converted into a private home in about 1992.
The village is long and thin and is separated into three parts:
The civil parish includes the foot of Dunstable Downs, including the London Gliding Club.
Totternhoe Roman villa dates to the fourth century.
The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded the village as Totene Hou, meaning "look out house" and "spur", presumably describing forts on the Knoll.
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