Sawbridge

The Grand Union Canal and River Leam run nearby as did the now-defunct Great Central main line railway track.

Sawbridge does not have two of the most common features of the English village, a public house or a church.

In 1689, a Celtic ritual shaft-well was discovered in the village, measuring 4 feet square.

At a depth of 20 feet was a large stone with a hole in the middle, used to mount a post.

The shaft narrowed and continued in depth beyond 40 feet[1] In the twelfth century Sawbridge was held by Thorney Abbey; a writ of Henry I survives ordering the tenant to restore the manor of Sawbridge to the Abbot of Thorney, "and do not let me hear any complaint about injustice".