Upper Gravenhurst
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| Upper Gravenhurst | |
|---|---|
 Cottages in Upper Gravenhurst, viewed from the churchyard next to the church | |
  Upper Gravenhurst Location within Bedfordshire | |
| OS grid reference | TL113360 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BEDFORD |
| Postcode district | MK45 |
| Dialling code | 01462 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire and Luton |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Upper Gravenhurst is a village in the civil parish of Gravenhurst, in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
The Church of St Giles has been established in the village since the 12th Century. The first school in the village was built in 1870, today known as Gravenhurst Academy.[1]
Upper Gravenhurst and neighbouring Lower Gravenhurst were historically separate parishes. They were merged into a single civil parish called Gravenhurst in 1888.[2] At the 1881 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Upper Gravenhurst had a population of 354.[3]
