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|official_name = Wilden|population = 399ACCESS-DATE=13 NOVEMBER 2016 WORK=NEIGHBOURHOOD STATISTICS, Borough of Bedford>Bedford|lieutenancy_england = Bedfordshire|region = East of EnglandNorth East Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)>North East Bedfordshire|post_town = BEDFORD|postcode_district = MK44|postcode_area = MK|dial_code = 01234|os_grid_reference = TL096551}}Wilden is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England. The population of 399 in the 2011 Census was estimated at 392 in 2019.City Population site. weblink

Heritage

John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Wilden as it was in 1870–1872:"WILDEN, a parish in the district and county of Bedford; 5 miles NE of Bedford r[ailway] station. It has a post-office under Bedford. Acres, 2,160. Real property, £2,765. Pop[ulation], 501. Houses, 112. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £400.* Patron, Mrs. Chalk. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £47 a year, and charities £26."Quoted on Vision of Britain site. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

Famous person

The scholar and Bible translator Francis Dillingham died in Wilden in 1625.Wright, Stephen, "Dillingham, Francis (d. 1625)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

Amenities

The village has a 14th–15th century Grade I listed Anglican church dedicated to St Nicholas.Church site. Retrieved 30 August 2018. There is a Baptist Chapel in Great Barford Road, with Sunday services held there three times a month. The chapel was probably founded in 1806, although its old Church Book has been lost.Chapel site. Retrieved 15 November 2018.(File:Wilden churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 493102.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Wilden churchyard)Wilden Primary School is a Voluntary Aided Church of England school. It recently had 59 pupils, and a pre-school section for 10. It dates back to the 17th century and was rebuilt in the 19th. Additions were made in 1972, 1993, 2004 and 2013. It serves as a lower school within a group of schools called St Albans Cluster.weblink Official school site. Retrieved 15 November 2018.]weblink Report at the end of the 2017–18 school year.There are five Grade II listed buildings in the village. The single pub is called the Victoria Arms, but it is currently closed.Retrieved 20 November 2018. There is also a village hall available for local activities.Wilden is served by a daytime bus service: Grant Palmer No. 27S between Bedford and Ravensden. It runs four times a day on Monday to Saturday.Bus company site with timetable. Retrieved 20 November 2018.(File:Church Walk Wilden Bedfordshire UK Circa 1900.JPG|thumb|left|300px|A photograph of Church Walk, Wilden, in about 1900, showing Village Farm, the Post Office (later known as Tudor Cottage), and St Nicholas Church)

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External links

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• Wilden Lower School
• Wilden village hall

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