Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

In honor of my brother I am writing a little about the village that Scott Jonathan Wakefield was born in. My brother was born on March 30th 1962 in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire. To be honest until this post I have never researched where my brother was born. I lived in Canterbury where my sister born and chose to visit Rochester where I was born, I even visited Dover where both my parents were born. But never have I seen the beauty of the small village of Sharnbrook located 9 miles north of Bedford where Scott was born. It is located of the A6 and north of the River Great Ouse. Here it meets a brook that gives the village its name. This small village dates back into the Saxon times. It was recorded in the Domesday book of 1086.

The village grew through agriculture. The old stone houses use to be small farm houses which had tiny pieces of land behind each house. In the seventeenth century this village started to grow with many manors being built. It had eight manors, three of which are still standing today, the Tofte Manor, Ouse Manor and Colworth House can be found in this wonderful village as a part of Sharnbrook's history. Although the other manors are no longer there for us to see, this small village has preserved their names by naming roads after them.

I hope you have enjoyed your first peek at my brother's birth place.

Wishing you lots of Tasty English Delights

There's always room for one more.