Tempsford

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Tempsford is a small village in Bedfordshire, England, known for its rural setting near the confluence of the River Ivel and the River Great Ouse and its historical role in World War II as a secret airfield base.

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Tempsford canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
village ⓘ
category Civil parishes in Bedfordshire ⓘ
Villages in Bedfordshire ⓘ
World War II airfields in Bedfordshire ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Bedfordshire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
crossedBy A1 road ⓘ
dialCode 01767 ⓘ
governedBy Central Bedfordshire Council ⓘ
hasEconomicCharacter predominantly agricultural ⓘ
hasFeature farmland ⓘ
riverside meadows ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
hasFormerAirfield RAF Tempsford ⓘ
hasLandmark St Peter’s Church, Tempsford ⓘ
Tempsford Bridge ⓘ
site of RAF Tempsford ⓘ
hasRuralSetting true ⓘ
hasTransportHistory former Tempsford railway station ⓘ
historicalRole World War II secret airfield base ⓘ
historicCounty Bedfordshire ⓘ
knownFor RAF Tempsford ⓘ
lieutenancyArea Bedfordshire ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf River Great Ouse ⓘ
River Ivel ⓘ
locatedIn Bedfordshire ⓘ
Central Bedfordshire ⓘ
East of England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Sandy ⓘ
locatedSouthOf St Neots ⓘ
near River Great Ouse ⓘ
River Ivel ⓘ
OSGridReference TL160530 ⓘ
parishChurch St Peter’s Church, Tempsford ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency North East Bedfordshire ⓘ
population small village population ⓘ
postcodeArea SG ⓘ
postcodeDistrict SG19 ⓘ
postTown Sandy ⓘ
railwayStationStatus disused ⓘ
region East of England ⓘ
servedBy RAF Tempsford ⓘ
usedDuring Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
WWIIRole Special Operations Executive missions ⓘ
dropping agents behind enemy lines ⓘ
supplying resistance movements in occupied Europe ⓘ

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