page_title: Cardington, Bedfordshire
section_title: Notable people from Cardington
hierarchical_section_title: Cardington, Bedfordshire / Notable people from Cardington
caption_attribution_description: English: St Mary's Church, Cardington This church is much more recent than initial impressions might suggest. Although the chancel dates from the early 13th century, the remainder of the church was built in 1901 through the generosity of the Whitbread family, who lived in nearby Southill.
context_page_description: Cardington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.
  Part of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree, the settlement is best known in connection with the Cardington airship works founded by Short Brothers during World War I, which later became an RAF training station. However most of the former RAF station is actually in the parish of Eastcotts, as is the settlement of Shortstown, which was originally built by Short Brothers for its workers. The village of Cardington is located to the north east of Shortstown and the RAF station, and houses most of the population of the parish, which was 270 in 2005, making it one of the least populated parishes in Bedfordshire.
context_section_description: George Gascoigne (1535–1577) – Elizabethan poet
  Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796) – brewer and MP for Bedford
  John Howard (1726–1790) – prison reformer and High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
caption: St Mary's Church
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