title: Pavenham
text: # Pavenham
  
  Pavenham is a small village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Bedford. Village amenities consist of St Peter's Church, a pub, Village hall, tennis Club, Cricket Club and golf club. The village is home to many clubs and societies including an active WI.
  
  The village has two nature reserves, Stevington Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and Pavenham Osier Beds, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
  
  ## Timeline
  
  1086: Domesday Book identifies Pavenham in the ancient hundred of Buckelowe
  
  1205: Church first mentioned as a chapel or daughter church to Felmersham
  
  13th Century: Church exists only as a nave and chancel
  
  14th Century: The tower, spire and the chapel north of the chancel added to the Church
  
  15th Century: North aisle and south transept (a chapel) added to the Church
  
  1578: Churchwardens report Trinity College for letting the Church fall into disrepair
  
  1665: The year that the Pavenham Old Yew Tree believed to have been planted, the year of the Great Plague
  
  1770: Pavenham Enclosure Act
  
  1798: Workhouse first mentioned
  
  1813: Water Mill closed
  
  1827: Sunday School Started
  
  1853: Church of England School opened, provided by Squire Tucker
  
  1857: Wesleyan Chapel built
  
  1877: Vicarage built, designed by Bedford architect John Usher
  
  1888: Cricket Club Founded
  
  1920: War memorial unveiled
  
  1935: Electricity came to the village
  
  1938: The Cock Inn substantially rebuilt
  
  1955: Roof to the nave of the Church replaced
  
  1959: Village Hall re-opened after improvements made
  
  1960: Pavenham Bury demolished
  
  1961: The Old Yew Tree transplanted 15 feet from its original position as part of a road improvement scheme
  
  1965: Pavenham Women's Institute plant oak in the playing fields to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Women's Institute
  
  1967: Pavenham Sports Pavilion Opened - built by local builder Charles Cartlidge.
  
  1972: Vicarage demolished
  
  1980: New Village Hall opened
  
  1983: Village school closed
  
  ## Sport
  
  Pavenham is the origin village of Pavenham Football Club, established in 2010. The club was promoted to Bedfordshire County Football Premier Division after their 3rd successive promotion.
  
  * St Peter's Church
  * High Street, Pavenham
  * Pavenham Golf Course
  