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Line 25: As of 2011, the parish of Wymington had a population of 876. The village is home to a [[Church of St Lawrence, Wymington\|14th century parish church]], a Wesleyan chapel, a school, and a pub. One bus line stops in the village and provides service to Rushden and Bedford.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Route 25 Timetable - Bedford-Carlton-Harrold-Rushden \|url=https://www.grantpalmer.com/media/2126/25-bedford-harrold-rushden-010920.pdf \|website=Grant Palmer \|access-date=8 August 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103032328/https://www.grantpalmer.com/media/2126/25-bedford-harrold-rushden-010920.pdf \|archive-date=3 November 2021 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Wymington is home to numerous [[listed building]]s, including the Grade 1 listed [[Church of St Lawrence, Wymington\|parish church]]. ==Name== Throughout its history Wymington has been referred to by various names, including Wimmington, Winnington, Wimentone, Wimuntun, Widmintun, Wymingas, and other variations. Numerous etymologies for the name have been proposed. One postulates that it is derived from Old English and refers to a '[[Town#~~Origin and use~~Etymology\|tun]]' held by a person named Wigmund or Wimund.<ref name="placenames">{{cite book \|last1=Ekwall \|first1=Eilert \|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names \|date=1960 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|location=Oxford \|isbn=0-19-869103-3 \|page=541 \|edition=Fourth}}</ref> Other older sources propose that it is a reference to the site of an ancient, possibly Roman, battle.<ref name="historical">{{cite book \|last1=Cooper \|first1=Oliver St. John \|title=An Historical Account of the Parish of Wimmington, in the county of Bedford \|date=1785 \|publisher=J. Nichols \|location=London \|pages=1–2 \|url=https://archive.org/details/bibliothecatopog04newy/page/n555/ \|accessdate= 8 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Pierquin \|first1=Hubert \|title=Le poème anglo-saxon de Beowulf \|date=1912 \|publisher=A. Picard \|location=Paris \|page=221}}</ref> ==History==

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