304:, surrounded by Hertfordshire. In 1825 Parliament looked into detached parts of counties, with a report being compiled from information from the Clerks of the Peace for each county. It appears the clerks did not always have detailed local knowledge of the detached parts they reported upon. The Bedfordshire clerk opened his return by saying "I have no official knowledge of the boundaries of this county", but went on to say that based on a 1765 map by Thomas Jeffreys it appeared that "a small part of the Parish of Studham, in the Hundred of Manshead, in the County of Bedford, being part of Beachwood Park, belonging to Sir John Sebright, bart. is locally situate in the County of Hertford". The Jeffreys map does not actually specify which parish the detached area was in, merely labelling it "Part of Bedford S"; the notion that it belonged to
35:
42:
316:
identified certain detached parts of counties which should be treated for parliamentary constituency purposes as part of the county in which they were physically located. Schedule M of the act described this area as "Part of
Studham Parish, partly in Beechwood Park in the County of Hertford",
170:
308:
seems therefore to have been a mistake by the clerk. The
Whipsnade tithe survey of 1844, which relied on more detailed local surveys and knowledge, confirmed that the detached area was in fact part of Whipsnade parish and that it was known as Ballingdon Bottom.
339:
which were in
Hertfordshire. The complicated boundaries in this area were rationalised in 1897 when Ballingdon Bottom was transferred from Whipsnade to become part of the parish of Flamstead in
324:
The 1844 Act only changed the county boundaries, and
Ballingdon Bottom remained a detached part of the parish of Whipsnade. When district councils were established in December 1894 under the
373:
317:
presumably being based on the mistaken clerk's report of 1825. For electoral purposes it was therefore to be treated as part of
Hertfordshire rather than Bedfordshire. The
73:
321:
transferred the detached areas identified in the 1832 Act for all other purposes. Ballingdon Bottom therefore became part of
Hertfordshire on 20 October 1844.
82:
194:
236:
34:
296:
Historically, Ballingdon Bottom was the name given to an area to the north of the valley which was a detached part of the parish of
187:
182:
318:
527:
313:
199:
390:
218:
228:
154:
118:
340:
66:
451:
360:
175:
325:
223:
132:
413:
329:
8:
532:
100:
159:
494:
285:
147:
108:
336:
521:
375:
County
Boundary Returns from Clerks of the Peace of Insulated Parcels of Land
251:
238:
90:
55:
301:
277:
276:
in
Hertfordshire, England. It forms part of the boundary between the
509:
The
Counties of Bedford and Hertford (Caddington, &c.) Order 1897
297:
281:
142:
305:
124:
273:
333:
499:. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1897. p. 561
430:
Parish, including detached portion called
Ballingdon Bottom.
441:
Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4 c. 64)
471:
Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 61)
519:
291:
474:
414:"Whipsnade Tithe Apportionment 1842–1844"
41:
388:
520:
328:Ballingdon Bottom became part of the
378:. House of Commons. 1825. p. 3.
13:
319:Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844
14:
544:
480:Luton Union and Parish Councils,
332:, which covered the parts of the
314:Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832
40:
33:
418:Bedfordshire Archives Catalogue
487:
465:
444:
435:
406:
392:The County of Bedford, Sheet 7
382:
366:
353:
341:Hemel Hempstead Rural District
1:
346:
292:Parish and county boundaries
7:
67:OS grid reference
18:Human settlement in England
10:
549:
361:Ballingdon Bottom, Dacorum
420:. Bedford Borough Council
389:Jeffreys, Thomas (1765).
326:Local Government Act 1894
209:
205:
193:
181:
169:
165:
153:
141:
131:
117:
99:
81:
65:
28:
23:
528:Valleys of Hertfordshire
496:Local and Personal Acts
484:, 14 April 1894, page 6
330:Markyate Rural District
343:on 30 September 1897.
155:Postcode district
133:Sovereign state
252:51.8158°N 00.4954°W
248: /
300:and an exclave of
359:Ordnance Survey,
270:Ballingdon Bottom
267:
266:
257:51.8158; -00.4954
83:Shire county
48:Ballingdon Bottom
24:Ballingdon Bottom
540:
512:
511:
506:
504:
491:
485:
478:
472:
469:
463:
462:
460:
458:
448:
442:
439:
433:
432:
427:
425:
410:
404:
403:
401:
399:
386:
380:
379:
370:
364:
357:
263:
262:
260:
259:
258:
253:
249:
246:
245:
244:
241:
215:
127:
77:
76:
54:Location within
44:
43:
37:
21:
20:
548:
547:
543:
542:
541:
539:
538:
537:
518:
517:
516:
515:
502:
500:
493:
492:
488:
479:
475:
470:
466:
456:
454:
450:
449:
445:
440:
436:
423:
421:
412:
411:
407:
397:
395:
387:
383:
372:
371:
367:
363:, area details.
358:
354:
349:
294:
286:Great Gaddesden
256:
254:
250:
247:
242:
239:
237:
235:
234:
233:
213:
200:East of England
148:Hemel Hempstead
123:
113:
95:
72:
71:
61:
60:
59:
58:
52:
51:
50:
49:
45:
19:
12:
11:
5:
546:
536:
535:
530:
514:
513:
486:
482:Luton Reporter
473:
464:
443:
434:
405:
381:
365:
351:
350:
348:
345:
337:Poor Law Union
293:
290:
278:civil parishes
265:
264:
232:
231:
226:
221:
216:
214:List of places
210:
207:
206:
203:
202:
197:
191:
190:
185:
179:
178:
173:
167:
166:
163:
162:
157:
151:
150:
145:
139:
138:
137:United Kingdom
135:
129:
128:
121:
115:
114:
112:
111:
105:
103:
97:
96:
94:
93:
87:
85:
79:
78:
69:
63:
62:
53:
47:
46:
39:
38:
32:
31:
30:
29:
26:
25:
17:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
545:
534:
531:
529:
526:
525:
523:
510:
498:
497:
490:
483:
477:
468:
453:
447:
438:
431:
419:
415:
409:
394:
393:
385:
377:
376:
369:
362:
356:
352:
344:
342:
338:
335:
331:
327:
322:
320:
315:
310:
307:
303:
299:
289:
287:
283:
279:
275:
271:
261:
230:
229:Hertfordshire
227:
225:
222:
220:
217:
212:
211:
208:
204:
201:
198:
196:
192:
189:
188:Hertfordshire
186:
184:
180:
177:
176:Hertfordshire
174:
172:
168:
164:
161:
158:
156:
152:
149:
146:
144:
140:
136:
134:
130:
126:
122:
120:
116:
110:
107:
106:
104:
102:
98:
92:
91:Hertfordshire
89:
88:
86:
84:
80:
75:
70:
68:
64:
57:
56:Hertfordshire
36:
27:
22:
16:
508:
503:26 September
501:. Retrieved
495:
489:
481:
476:
467:
457:28 September
455:. Retrieved
452:"Schedule M"
446:
437:
429:
424:28 September
422:. Retrieved
417:
408:
398:28 September
396:. Retrieved
391:
384:
374:
368:
355:
323:
311:
302:Bedfordshire
295:
269:
268:
15:
255: /
522:Categories
347:References
240:51°48′57″N
533:Flamstead
298:Whipsnade
282:Flamstead
243:0°29′43″W
195:Ambulance
143:Post town
306:Studham
224:England
125:England
119:Country
274:valley
171:Police
101:Region
74:TL0314
334:Luton
272:is a
505:2021
459:2021
426:2021
400:2021
312:The
284:and
183:Fire
109:East
280:of
160:HP2
524::
507:.
428:.
416:.
288:.
219:UK
461:.
402:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
