SLIP END

Slip End is a very recent development. The land formed part of the ancient parish of Caddington. This parish was split between Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire until 1897 but Slip End was always in the Bedfordshire portion. The settlement at Slip End began only in the 1850s and 1860s beside a road, Front Street, laid out at the inclosure of Caddington in 1800. All the houses were built of locally made brick. Only thirty years after it began Slip End was the single largest settlement in Caddington parish, other than Markyate, which was soon to be transferred to Hertfordshire.

Primary location: United Kingdom