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==History==
{{see also|History of Bedfordshire}}
===Prehistory and Roman settlement===
Evidence exists of Neolithic and Bronze-age settlement of the Wymington area. Flint implements have been discovered in the area, and in the 1860s a hoard of 60 socketed axes was found on a farm near Wymington, possibly from an ancient bronze smith's stock.<ref>{{cite web |title=2 Neolithic Flints |url=https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MBD2760&resourceID=1014 |website=Heritage Gateway |publisher=Historic Environment Record for Bedfordshire |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
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[[File:NW Beds 1838.png|thumb|right|1838 map of northwestern Bedfordshire depicting Wymington, spelled as Wimington]]In the mid 18th century, Wymington was referenced as a "obscure and ruinous village," with 35 stone thatched houses and a population of 216.<ref name="historical" /> In 1811 the land of the parish was [[enclosure|enclosed]].<ref name=vhcb /> By 1870, the number of houses in Wymington had risen to 71. <ref name="study" /> Also in 1870, a second church was built in the village. This church, a [[Wesleyan]] [[chapel]], was built to house a congregation that had been meeting in homes since 1833.<ref name=mems>{{cite book |title=Wymington: Millenium Memories |date=2000 |publisher=Newnorth Print, Ltd. |location=Bedford}}</ref>
During the [[Second World War]], families in and near Wymington took in children evacuated from urban areas in response to bombing raids, as was typical of many rural towns and villages.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warwick |first1=Justine |title=My War as an Evacuee |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/60/a2939060.shtml |website=WW2 People's War |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> In August, 1944 a damaged [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[B-17]] "Miss Liberty Belle" based at nearby [[RAF Chelveston]] crashed in the village while returning to base on its 65th mission. The aircraft, having sustained battle damage over [[Saarbrucken]] following a raid over [[Merkwiller-Pechelbronn|Merkwiller]], was placed into a holding pattern above the village while other aircraft could land at the airfield. While waiting for clearance to land, the aircraft lost power to all but one engine and began losing altitude quickly. The crew narrowly avoided the church tower and school, colliding with a stand of trees and landing in a field on the southern edge of the village. Eight
In the mid-20th century, much of the old 16th to 18th century housing was demolished as part of a development project headed by the Rural Council. Council housing was constructed in the middle of the village along the High Street, and a housing estate was built to the south.<ref name="study" /> Following the [[United Kingdom BSE outbreak|outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy]] in the late 20th century, the industrial estate at Wymington was one of 11 designated storage sites for meat and bonemeal resulting from culled cattle before incineration.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakeman |first1=Geoffery |title=Five years on..and the BSE mountain scandal is WORSE |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/338846687 |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=The Daily Mirror Scots Edition |date=June 17, 2002|id={{ProQuest|338846687}} }}</ref>
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