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| | Chicksands History |
 | | Chicksands, on the edge of Shefford, now a Joint Services base for the United Kingdom, has a long history of military involvement stretching back to the Civil War in the 17th Century. |
 | | Thomas a Becket, as Archbishop of Canterbury, took refuge in Chicksands in 1164 in the disguise of a canon. |
 | | Chicksands has now been acquired by the Ministry of Defence as a Joint Services Base with personnel moving in from late 1996. |
| www.sheffordtown.co.uk /chicksands-history.html (1073 words) |
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