Pavenham is a small village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England, about north-west of Bedford. Village amenities consist of St Peter's Church, a pub, Village hall, tennis Club, Cricket Club and golf club. The village is home to many clubs and societies including an active WI. The village has two nature reserves, Stevington Marsh, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and Pavenham Osier Beds, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Time Line 1086: Domesday Book identifies Pavenham in the ancient hundred of Buckelowe 1205: Church first mentioned as a chapel or daughter church to Felmersham 13th Century: Church exists only as a nave and chancel 14th Century: The tower, spire and the chapel north of the chancel added to the Church 15th Century: North aisle and south transept added to the Church 1578: Churchwardens report Trinity College for letting the Church fall into disrepair 1665: The year that the Pavenham Old Yew Tree believed to have been planted, the year of the Great Plague 1770: Pavenham Enclosure Act 1798: Workhouse first mentioned 1813: Water Mill closed 1827: Sunday School Started 1853: Church of England School opened, provided by Squire Tucker 1857: Wesleyan Chapel built 1877: Vicarage built, designed by Bedford architect John Usher 1888: Cricket Club Founded 1920: War memorial unveiled 1935: Electricity came to the village 1938: The Cock Inn substantially rebuilt 1955: Roof to the nave of the Church replaced 1959: Village Hall re-opened after improvements made 1960: Pavenham Bury demolished 1961: The Old Yew Tree transplanted 15 feet from its original position as part of a road improvement scheme 1965: Pavenham Women's Institute plant oak in the playing fields to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of the Women's Institute 1967: Pavenham Sports Pavilion Opened - built by local builder Charles Cartlidge. 1972: Vicarage demolished 1980: New Village Hall opened 1983: Village school closed
