| Flitwick | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Peter and St Paul | |
  Flitwick Location within Bedfordshire | |
| Population | 13,663 (Parish, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL033350 |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEDFORD |
| Postcode district | MK45 |
| Dialling code | 01525 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Flitwick (/ˈflɪtɪk/ ) is a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, England. It is mentioned[3] in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "a hamlet on the River Flitt". The spelling Flytwyk appears in 1381.[4]
The nearby River Flit runs through Flitwick Moor, a nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[5]
- ^ "Flitwick parish". City Population. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Central Bedfordshire Council Website". Central Bedfordshire Council. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ See Bedfordshire Virtual Library's Flitwick Timeline Archived 23 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Archives; Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; CP 40/483; Year 1381, 4th term; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no483/483_0207.htm; second entry, home of Richard Hake, the defendant
- ^ Its name is not ancient but a back-formation from Flitton. Ekwall, E. (1940) The Concise Dictionary of England Place-names; 2nd ed. Oxford:Clarendon Press; p. 174.