Herrings Green

Human settlement in England

Cotton End

Unitary authority

Bedford

Bedfordshire

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBedfordPostcode districtMK45Dialling code01234PoliceBedfordshireFire Bedfordshire and Luton Ambulance East of England UK Parliament

North East Bedfordshire

List of places: UK; England; Bedfordshire

52°05′16″N 0°25′01″W / 52.08773°N 0.41697°W / 52.08773; -0.41697

Herrings Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Cotton End,^[1] 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Bedford in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. The settlement is close to Cotton End and Wilstead. Until 2019 Herrings Green formed part of Eastcotts civil parish.^[2]

Herring's Green Farmhouse on Cotton End Road is Grade II listed. Landowner, Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796) had the farmhouse rebuilt in 1785–6. It has two storeys plus attics under two separate and parallel Dutch gabled roofs, architecturally known as a "double-pile plan". The listing notes this is an "unusual feature" in Bedfordshire.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Cotton End Parish Council | Home". www.parish-council.com. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ "The Borough of Bedford (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2019" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ Historic England. "Herring's Green Farmhouse (1312651)". National Heritage List for England.
^ "Herrings Farmhouse". bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2024.