same angle to another stile in the corner of the field. field. the of corner the in stile another to angle same
. Take the first path on the right, right, the on path first the Take . Way Chasewell and
to Toddington. Cross one stile and continue on the the on continue and stile one Cross Toddington. to
Theedway of route the follows that footpath the onto left
, the pre-enclosure road road pre-enclosure the , Way Frenchman’s once
concrete track right, back toward Tebworth Road. Turn Turn Road. Tebworth toward back right, track concrete
to angle up across the field along part of what was was what of part along field the across up angle to
Cross three stiles and take the the take and stiles three Cross Furlong. Stockwell once
the CHT waymark, following the footpath arrow arrow footpath the following waymark, CHT the
Walk through a dell, over a bridge and across what was was what across and bridge a over dell, a through Walk
the gate, then turn right through the field gate with with gate field the through right turn then gate, the awaits. Head Queen’s
to take the first path on the right. right. the on path first the take to Farm Hill past Walk
Wildlife Site) and across the brook. Go through through Go brook. the across and Site) Wildlife The The where Tebworth into walk and right Turn
CHT, and walk around the cricket field to Hill Close. Close. Hill to field cricket the around walk and CHT,
(a County County (a Meadow Boggy through walk to lane the . . Tebworth) in building oldest the Cottage, Emerton’s
next footpath, part of the Icknield Way as well as the the as well as Way Icknield the of part footpath, next
medieval ploughing to a green lane. Turn right into into right Turn lane. green a to ploughing medieval century 16th includes ( Lane The 30 at Lane The to
toward the centre of Wingfield, but turn left onto the the onto left turn but Wingfield, of centre the toward
fine examples of the ridge-and-furrow created by by created ridge-and-furrow the of examples fine Close Pullins across you takes left the on path first
) ) Theedway of section (another Road Tebworth Take
the pond. Continue straight ahead across some some across ahead straight Continue pond. the field edge on the path known as the ‘slipe’. The The ‘slipe’. the as known path the on edge field
Follow the footpath sign through the gate and past past and gate the through sign footpath the Follow . . Wingfield medieval about 3 board information to a second stile and then left and right along the the along right and left then and stile second a to
] and and ] 1822 [ Plough The to Croft Grass Grove as known bridge, climb the stile, walk straight across the field field the across straight walk stile, the climb bridge,
designed by the children of Chalgrave in 2008. in Chalgrave of children the by designed
a bridge and follow the signs across the fields once once fields the across signs the follow and bridge a then right to follow the field edge. Cross the small small the Cross edge. field the follow to right then
is here, and a bench with a back back a with bench a and here, is 5 board Information
]. Take the first footpath on the right, cross cross right, the on footpath first the Take ]. 926 Dyke right over a small bridge, left along the field edge, edge, field the along left bridge, small a over right
. . Pond the to ] house a now 1842, [ Chapel Methodist
The The [ Boundway the on boundary parish Chalgrave the Follow the CHT signs into Chalgrave Parish, turning turning Parish, Chalgrave into signs CHT the Follow
Wesleyan Wesleyan the past Road, Toddington along east Walk
carefully crossing this busy road. You are now walking walking now are You road. busy this crossing carefully to a stile. stile. a to Furlong Washingpool across brook the to
houses.
turn right onto a bridleway beside the A1520, then left, left, then A1520, the beside bridleway a onto right turn on the right, down the track. The path runs parallel parallel runs path The track. the down right, the on
in Parkview Lane, all of which are now private private now are which of all Lane, Parkview in
, , Farm Grove through signs the Follow right. footpath , and take the first footpath footpath first the take and , Brook Clipstone across
] ] century 17th [ Mutton of Shoulder The and ], 1855 [
, then take the first first the take then , Theedway onto left turn 1 board At ], Turn right toward Woburn, Woburn, toward right Turn ], 1850 . c 1636- [ Inn
School National the ], 1889 [ Chapel Mary’s St see
The Star Star The and ] 1914 c. 1822– [ Mutton of Shoulder
. Theedway called Anglo-Saxons the track prehistoric
western side. If you walk up Wingfield Road you can can you Road Wingfield up walk you If side. western
The The ]; 1924 c. 1712– [ Inn Horse White The estate;
footpath runs south to Featherbed Lane, once part of a a of part once Lane, Featherbed to south runs footpath
on its its on Chapel Martin’s St at worshipped villagers and
closed in 2003 and the site is now a housing housing a now is site the and 2003 in closed 1720]
signs around the farmyard to the road on which the the which on road the to farmyard the around signs
Blacksmith House stand today was part of the green, green, the of part was today stand House Blacksmith
Three Blackbirds, Blackbirds, Three [ Lion Red The inns: once were
. Follow Follow . Farm Manor Chalgrave to field the across right
1277 the triangle of ground where Forge Cottage and and Cottage Forge where ground of triangle the 1277
walk to the Woburn Road crossroads past what what past crossroads Road Woburn the to walk
course. Where the Icknield Way turns left the CHT turns turns CHT the left turns Way Icknield the Where course.
reclaimed after payment of a fine were in this area. In In area. this in were fine a of payment after reclaimed
trade after the road was turnpiked. Turn right and and right Turn turnpiked. was road the after trade
the churchyard and continue east, beside the golf golf the beside east, continue and churchyard the
] where stray livestock could be be could livestock stray where ] 1755 [ pound cattle
thrived on passing passing on thrived Hockliffe times; Roman since
Follow the waymarks and the Icknield Way path around around path Way Icknield the and waymarks the Follow
] and a a and ] 1757 [ stocks village The road. the across left,
] has been a major road road major a been has ] Street Watling [ A5 The
[17th century] is further further is century] [17th Farm Tithe ]. 1690 Arms, Manor that once stood beside it. beside stood once that Manor
. A5 the to Close Birches follow and right turn Road,
the Butcher’s Butcher’s the 1693; house malt [ Maltings The is its history (including the famous wall paintings) and the the and paintings) wall famous the (including history its
, skirting the football pitch. Walk down Kilby Kilby down Walk pitch. football the skirting , ground
much as it appeared in the 19th century; to its left left its to century; 19th the in appeared it as much tells you more about about more you tells 2 board information 1185; before
recreation recreation the through continue and Chalgrave
straight ahead, down Hockliffe Road, is Park Farm, Farm, Park is Road, Hockliffe down ahead, straight . There has been a church here since since here church a been has There . Church Saints All
into part of Hockliffe Parish that was once in in once was that Parish Hockliffe of part into
] and and ] century 17th late [ Farm Buttercup is right . Turn left and walk to to walk and left Turn . Farm College at ) Way Church
. Cross the next ditch ditch next the Cross . Furlong Coxted of part were
]. Further Further ]. 1867 beerhouse, Cock The [ Cottage Forge parish. Continue to Chalgrave Road (once known as as known (once Road Chalgrave to Continue parish.
modern copse and across the ditch. These fields fields These ditch. the across and copse modern
], then then ], 1755 shop, blacksmith’s the of site [ House a nature reserve and across a bridge into Chalgrave Chalgrave into bridge a across and reserve nature a
road and take the footpath, angling through a a through angling footpath, the take and road
Blacksmith Blacksmith is Lane The Across pub. the of left the to right through another kissing gate. The path runs through through runs path The gate. kissing another through right
, was replaced by Hockliffe Road. Cross this this Cross Road. Hockliffe by replaced was , Way
was was pump village the ]; century 17th [ Lane The 2 is waymarked footpath sign south along the fence and turn turn and fence the along south sign footpath waymarked
Coxstead Coxstead Hockliffe, to fields open the across route
The Three Horseshoes, 1822] 1822] Horseshoes, Three The [ Head Queen’s the of gate to walk to the Glebe in Toddington. Follow the the Follow Toddington. in Glebe the to walk to gate
When Chalgrave was enclosed in 1800 the old old the 1800 in enclosed was Chalgrave When
As you stand at the board behind you, to the right right the to you, behind board the at stand you As then turn right. Continue ahead, over a stile and kissing kissing and stile a over ahead, Continue right. turn then
through recently planted trees to the corner of the field, field, the of corner the to trees planted recently through to Hockliffe Road. Road. Hockliffe to
Where known, dates and old names are in italics. in are names old and dates known, Where
stay on the permissive path path permissive the on stay Please waymarkers. the Furlong Close West were that fields the across Mill)
in Tebworth. Tebworth. in 4 board information
Carefully cross the busy Toddington road, then follow follow then road, Toddington busy the cross Carefully (nothing now remains of the the of remains now (nothing Millway was which
, beginning at at beginning , Trail Heritage Chalgrave The
12 Toddington About Chalgrave Tebworth Chalgrave’s hidden history Most of Chalgrave Parish sits on a low ridge of the Hockliffe M Gault Clay. In the Cretaceous period, over 100 1 A Wingfield million years ago, rising sea levels were flooding 5 The Chalgrave south Bedfordshire. Sands deposited on the shallow Houghton sea floor became the Greensand Ridge, north of Regis 05 Luton Heritage Trail Chalgrave; as the sea grew deeper and dry land A5 11 was further away, finer particles washed out to Dunstable sea drifted down through the water to become an 8 mile circular walk a muddy sea floor that is now the Gault Clay. People have lived and worked in Chalgrave for over Eventually this area was so far from land that little 6,000 years: the villages of Wingfield and Tebworth or no mud reached it: the Chalk escarpment to are only the most recent settlements here. The the south is made of the skeletons of microscopic boundaries of Chalgrave Parish were described algae. Then, 20 million years ago, the same force in an Anglo-Saxon charter over 1000 years ago that raised the Alps created a gentle ridge across and include a Roman road and Theedway, a track southern England. The Chalk, the Greensand and established by travellers long before the Romans the Gault were exposed and eroded by glaciers, arrived in Britain. Modern Chalgrave was shaped by wind and rain to create the landscape we live in. this history: follow the Chalgrave Heritage Trail to The glaciers brought with them clay, sand and rock discover more about this landscape and the people from the landscape they flowed across to reach this who lived here. area. When the ice melted these became the layer This waymarked circular trail is about 8 miles of glacial till that caps the Gault ridge. long, and can be walked in its entirety (4–5 hours) The landscape shaped settlement of this area: the or in sections using other footpaths to return to prehistoric track known to the Anglo-Saxons as your starting point. Maps of the parish footpath Theedway runs down from the Chalk to follow high network should be available in the pubs and can be ground through Chalgrave until at last it reaches downloaded from www.chalgrave.org the low clay vale west of the parish. The earliest Note that there are stiles along the route. settlement remains known in Chalgrave are on the Please close gates to prevent livestock straying. warmer, south-facing slope of the ridge.
Chalgrave Parish Council are grateful to Bedfordshire County Council’s Heritage and Environment Section for archaeological and historical information about Chalgrave. The Chalgrave Heritage Trail was funded by Chalk arc.
Looking northwest along the green lane running roughly along the crest of the ridge, which rises gently toward Toddington. England handsomely repaired”. handsomely England Travelingin for was Ground ever of that Piece dismal most the see “Wenow it of wrote Defoe Daniel 1724 in 1706; in turnpiked was Travellers”.to troublesome road very The time, winter in way miry the of named so Hole, the in “Hockley of wrote Camden William (1607) In condition. poor in frequently was It road. the along development spurring period, medieval the through increased WatlingTrafficalong Street. buildings few were there centuries 13th and 12th the In Parish.Hockliffe to transferred was Chalgrave’) of parish the in ‘Hockliffe as known (usually A5 the of east Chalgrave of part 1929 In arch here, at The Star Inn. Star The at here, arch coach a through corner the cut Woburnthe Road of branch A
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