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{{Short description|Town in Bedfordshire, England}} {{about|the English town|the Harry Potter character|Filius Flitwick}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |coordinates = {{coord|52.00384|-0.49656|display=inline,title}} |static_image_name= SS Peter and Paul, Flitwick - geograph.org.uk - 345256.jpg |static_image_caption= Church of St Peter and St Paul | population_ref = 13,663 (Parish, 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Flitwick parish |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/central_bedfordshire/E04011950__flitwick/ |website=City Population |access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> |official_name= Flitwick | civil_parish = Flitwick |unitary_england= [[Central Bedfordshire]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Central Bedfordshire Council Website |url=https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/ |website = Central Bedfordshire Council |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> |lieutenancy_england = [[Bedfordshire]] |region= East of England |constituency_westminster= [[Mid Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Bedfordshire]] |post_town= BEDFORD |postcode_district= MK45 |postcode_area= MK |dial_code= 01525 |os_grid_reference= TL033350 }} '''Flitwick''' ({{IPAc-en|Λ|f|l|Ιͺ|t|α΅»|k|audio=Flitwick.wav}}) is a town and [[civil parish]] in [[Central Bedfordshire]], England. It is mentioned<ref>See Bedfordshire Virtual Library's [http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.digitised_resources/flitwick_digitisation_timeline.htm Flitwick Timeline] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123122625/http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.digitised_resources/flitwick_digitisation_timeline.htm |date=23 November 2008 }}</ref> in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as "a hamlet on the River Flitt". The spelling ''Flytwyk'' appears in 1381.<ref>National Archives; Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; CP 40/483; Year 1381, 4th term; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT6/R2/CP40no483/483_0207.htm; second entry, home of Richard Hake, the defendant</ref> The nearby [[River Flit]] runs through [[Flitwick Moor]], a nature reserve and a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]].<ref>Its name is not ancient but a back-formation from Flitton. Ekwall, E. (1940) ''The Concise Dictionary of England Place-names''; 2nd ed. Oxford:Clarendon Press; p. 174.</ref>
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