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|country = England |static_image_name= St Peters, Tempsford - geograph.org.uk - 1277329.jpg |static_image_caption= Church of St Peter |coordinates = {{coord|52.16748|-0.29804|display=inline,title}} |official_name = Tempsford |population = 564 |population_ref= (2001) 590 (2011 Census)[1] |civil_parish= Tempsford |unitary_england= Central Bedfordshire |lieutenancy_england = Bedfordshire |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= North East Bedfordshire |post_town= SANDY |postcode_district = SG19 |postcode_area= SG |dial_code= 01767 |os_grid_reference= TL164539 }} Tempsford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. The village is split by the A1 Great North Road and is located just before the junction with the A428 at the Black Cat Roundabout. To the east of the village is the site of the former RAF Tempsford airfield. It was served by Tempsford railway station. HistoryIn 917 Tempsford was a fortified Danish burh where, following an unsuccessful attack on Bedford, the Battle of Tempsford took place. The Danes were defeated by an English army led by King Edward the Elder.[2] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129493&c=Tempsford&d=16&e=62&g=6402688&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1478952883878&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=12 November 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics |work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} 2. ^The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, ed. Michael Swanton, 2nd ed. (London 2000), pp. 101-2 External links{{Commons category inline|Tempsford}}
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