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5 unusual facts about Old Warden


Baron Ongley

Baron Ongley, of Old Warden, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

Born Robert Henley, he assumed the additional surname of Ongley as heir of his great-uncle Sir Samuel Ongley, of Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

De Havilland Gipsy Six

A preserved Gipsy Six engine is on public display at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire, another is on display at the Science Museum (London).

Percival Provost

G-KAPW with CAA permission to fly as XF603, owned by the Shuttleworth Trust and based at Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

Robert Henley-Ongley, 1st Baron Ongley

Born Robert Henley, he assumed the additional surname of Ongley as heir of his great-uncle, Sir Samuel Ongley, of Old Warden, Bedfordshire.



see also

Shuttleworth

The Shuttleworth Collection, an aeronautical and automotive museum located at the Old Warden airfield in Bedfordshire, England