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Arlesey is a small town in Bedfordshire, England, near the border with Hertfordshire, about three miles north-west of Letchworth Garden City, four miles north of Hitchin and six miles south of Biggleswade. Arlesey railway station provides services to London, Stevenage and Peterborough. The Domesday Book mentions Arlesey.〔The entry reads: ''Alricesei(a)/eie: Bishop of Durham; Bernard from William d'Eu; Herfast; from Nigel d'Aubigny; Wulfsi. 3 mills.''〕〔Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 677; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no677/bCP40no677dorses/IMG_1068.htm; first entry〕〔Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archvies; CP 40/629, year 1418; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/bCP40no629dorses/IMG_1410.htm; 4th entry, third line〕〔sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/r2v6/index/Richard2vol6page0605.pdf〕 St Peter's Church in Church End was built in the 12th century by the monks of Waltham Abbey. Arlesey was also the site of Etonbury Castle, of which little trace remains. Arlesey Old Moat and Glebe Meadows, adjacent to Arlesey railway station, is a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, together with Arlesey Conservation for Nature. The Arlesey Bomb fishing weight was developed by angler Dick Walker to catch specimen perch from the local chalk pits.〔(Arlesey lake ) Retrieved 22 May 2009 〕 ==Notable residents== * Bill Kitchener - former professional footballer - West Ham United F.C., Torquay United F.C. * Pat Kruse - former professional footballer - Leicester City F.C., Torquay United F.C., Brentford F.C. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arlesey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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