Chalgrave
Chalgrave is a civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The hamlets of Tebworth and Wingfield are in the west of the parish, with the church and manor in the east. Nearby places are Toddington (to the north), Chalton (to the east), Houghton Regis (to the south), and Hockliffe (to the west). Before 1929, the parish also included part of the village of Hockliffe. Chalgrave is part of the ward of 'Heath and Reach' which sends a Councillor to Central Bedfordshire Council. The ward includes the villages of Heath and Reach, Hockliffe, Eggington, Stanbridge, Tilsworth, Tebworth, and Wingrave. The ward was created in 2011 and has since been represented by Councillor Mark Versallion. Origins The name is derived from the Old English calc-græf', meaning a chalk trench. A charter dated 926 AD recorded the grant of land at Cealhgraefan (Chalgrave) and Teobbanwyrthe'' (Tebworth) from Æthelstan, King of the Anglo-Saxons, to the thegn Ealdred. By 1066 it had grown to 23 households and was owned mostly by Albert of Lorraine, who retained it after the Norman Conquest. Albert was a cleric favoured by both Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, and received from them lands and houses