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From
1760 the pace of change gradually increased and most of the important
advances can be dated and listed.
1757-1760
The road from Bedford to Baldock via Shefford was taken over
by a Turnpike Trust. Great improvements were made to the surface.
1799
The Campton parish Enclosure Act was passed. The parish lost
its open fields. Hedges were planted. Tenant farmers came into
existence and most of the villagers became "landless labourers".
1801
First national census, Campton's population was 316.
1823
The Ivel Navigation was extended to Shefford. This gave the
village a cheap means of transport for its agricultural produce.
1857
The Midland Railway line from Leicester to Hitchin via
Bedford and Shefford opened. This gave, for the first time, the
villagers an easy means of transport to nearby towns.
1875
Compulsory elementary education started at the National
School (now the Village Hall).
1876
School in Rectory Road opened.
1888
The first Bedfordshire County Council elected.
1894
The first Biggleswade Rural District Council and first
Campton Parish Council elected.
1906
Water mains were laid to the village.
1921
26 Council houses were built along Greenway.
1924?
Gas mains laid.
1928 Electric power reached
the village.
1948?
District Council started collecting night soil.
1962
Parish Council installed street lighting.
1963
Foul water main laid in village.
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