Hulcote, Bedfordshire

Hulcote
Hulcote
Location within Bedfordshire
OS grid referenceSP950382
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILTON KEYNES
Postcode districtMK17
Dialling code01908
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament

Hulcote, historically also spelt Holcot, is a village in the civil parish of Hulcote and Salford, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is located directly to the north of the M1 motorway, and lies close to the border of the Milton Keynes borough in Buckinghamshire.

Some evidence has been found indicating possible Neolithic, New Stone Age and Roman settlement in the area. It is known that Hulcote has been consistently occupied since the Dark Ages. Hulcote Mill and Hulcote Manor (now private houses) are both mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1]

Hulcote was an ancient parish in the Manshead hundred of Bedfordshire. It has a church called St Nicholas. The ecclesiastical parish of Hulcote was united with neighbouring Salford in 1750.[1] Salford and Hulctoe were subsequently also merged for civil purposes in 1933, becoming a new civil parish called "Hulcote and Salford".[2] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Hulcote had a population of 39.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hosted By Bedford Borough Council: Hulcote introduction". Bedfordshire.gov.uk. 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Holcot AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Population statistics Holcot AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 February 2023.