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Line 19: '''Arlesey''' is a small industrial town and [[civil parish]] in the district of [[Central Bedfordshire]] in [[Bedfordshire]]. It is located on 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 train services to [[London]], [[Peterborough]], [[York]] and [[Edinburgh]]. [[Arlesey Town F.C.\|Arlesey Town Football Club]] and [[Arlesey Athletic F.C.\|Arlesey Athletic Football Club]] have their grounds to the south of the town. The [[Domesday book]] mentions Arlesey as a [[market town]]. Residents have claimed it to be the longest town in Britain{{cn}}. The [[Domesday book]] mentions Arlesey as a [[market town]] and the longest town in Britain,<ref>{{cite web \| publisher=Wikimaps \| url=http://wikimapia.org/1006098/ \| title= Arlesey Town, renonound for being the longest town in Britain \| accessdate=2008-02-20}}</ref> currently noted for having the longest highstreet in Britain.<ref>{{cite web \| publisher=Mid Bedfordshire district council \| url=http://www.midbeds.gov.uk/Business/Good_for_Business/Town_Centres_in_Mid_Beds.aspx \| title= Mid Bedfordshire Town Centres \| accessdate=2008-02-20}}</ref> St Peters Church, situated in the Church End part of the town, was built in the 11th century by the monks of [[Waltham Abbey (abbey)\|Waltham Abbey]]. Arlesey was the site of [[Etonbury Castle]], of which little trace remains.

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