Arlesey

Arlesey
Church End, Arlesey
Arlesey is located in Bedfordshire
Arlesey
Arlesey
Location within Bedfordshire
Population6,022 (Parish, 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceTL190357
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townARLESEY
Postcode districtSG15
Dialling code01462
PoliceBedfordshire
FireBedfordshire and Luton
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Bedfordshire
52°00′25″N 0°15′55″W / 52.0070°N 0.2654°W / 52.0070; -0.2654

Arlesey (/ˈɑːrlzi/ ARL-zee) is a town and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. It is near the border with Hertfordshire, about three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, four miles north of Hitchin and six miles south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway station provides services to London, Stevenage and Peterborough. The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions Arlesey.[2][3][4][5] The town's name means the 'island of a man named Aelfric'.[6]

  1. ^ "Arlesey parish". City Population. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ The entry reads: Alricesei(a)/eie: Bishop of Durham; Bernard from William d'Eu; Herfast; from Nigel d'Aubigny; Wulfsi. 3 mills.
  3. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 677; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no677/bCP40no677dorses/IMG_1068.htm Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; first entry
  4. ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/629, year 1418; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/bCP40no629dorses/IMG_1410.htm Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; 4th entry, third line
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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