Harlington Village Hall, Saturday September 8th

Doors open 7:30 PM - First Game at 8:00

Bring your own alcohol - soft drinks and food available.

The money raised will be going towards the Harlington Carnival next year.

We urgently need raffle prizes and any help in the kitchen from mums/dads with children involved would be much appreciated.

Saturday 12th July

Lads and dads match at the new grounds - BBQ
10.30 kick off!!

I’m against it and there seems to be very little support in favour of it. The planning application is carried out by Goodman Property Investors.  The local pressure group set up to try to block them is CASH.

www.harlington.beds.sch.uk- Harlington Upper School

http://www.parkfieldsschool.co.uk/ - Parkfields is the middle school in nearby Toddington

www.harlingtonlower.beds.sch.uk/- Harlington Lower School

If you would like to write more about your school here on Harlington.net, please let me know.

Bunyan’s trail starts at Sharpenhoe and ends at Harlington. Some may say that you are taking the same steps of a great man of history, (John Bunyan). The walk mainly stretches across fields and some woodland areas, so is not difficult, and is a nice walk to take on a Sunday with the family. The landscape includes views over Sharpenhoe Clappers, and also, views of Sundon Hills. The approximated time of the walk is 180 minutes and it is 8 miles long roughly.

• 1086: Lord Manor of Harlington was established; Nigel D’Albini in the Domesday survey.
• 1300-50: The Church of St Mary was built; it is constructed of Tottenhoe stone, and was likely to be built near an earlier wooden structure. However, the tower wasn’t added until the 15th century.
• 1349: The Black Death had a huge effect on Harlington and slaughtered more than a quarter of the population, even the Vicar!
• 1442-1471: A new vicar was appointed, John Benet.
• 1660: John Bunyan (author of Pilgrim’s Progress) was put on trial before Francis Wingate at Harlington House. As a result he was imprisoned for 12 years at County Gaol in Bedford, for preaching illegally.
• 1828: The Methodist Church was founded.
• 1841: The population of Harlington increased to 521.
• 1851: The village population expanded again to 597.
• 1859: The first ever village school in Harlington was constructed by George Butler (the vicar).
• 1868: The railway station was built, by The Midland Railway Company.
• 1871: On Station Road, the Harlington Arms was built.
• 1873: The village school changed to a boarding school.
• 1898: Finally, the school became a council school.
• 1902: On the corner of Lincoln Way and Barton Road a new cemetery was created.
• 1914-28: 27 Harlington men were lost because of The First World War.
• 1920: A war memorial was dedicated to those who died in the war, by Reverend. Arthur .G. Hodgson.
• 1960: The Harlington Arms was converted into a private house.
• 1999: The bell for The Church of England was repaired.

If you have the time to expand on the history of the village, please get involved.

All you need to do to be able to add and edit your own part of the sit is to first “register” which basically involves telling us your E-mail address and name and then let me know what club, society or village group you would like to manage.

Just let me know on Tel: 633586 or knock on the door at 9 Lincoln Way if you have anything to add.