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2 unusual facts about Chicksands


Elias of London

One of his houses appears to have been located on Sporier Street, near the Tower of London, and at the expulsion in 1290 was granted to the prior of Chicksands.

Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet

Osborne was born on 17 November 1715, at Chicksands village (Shefford, Bedfordshire, England), which was the seat of the Osborn family.


HMS Ferret

The unit transferred with the Corps and the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre to Chicksands in 1997.

Shefford, Bedfordshire

The town has a scout group, and a local Army Cadet Force hut at Chicksands on the Army Intelligence Corps base, which is part of Bedfordshire ACF, in A company.


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