and disestablished in 1537, was situated in what was then the parish of Caddington, although that part of the parish was subsequently transferred to Markyate in 1897. Caddington has had various schools such as Willowfield and Heathfield Lower Schools and Five Oaks Middle School but these have since been combined into Caddington Village School. Governance The parish of Caddington historically straddled Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, with the boundary running from north to south through the middle of the village itself. The eastern section, which included the parish church of All Saints', was in Bedfordshire, whilst the western section was in Hertfordshire. At the southern end of the parish it included part of the village of Markyate, where a chapel of ease was built in 1734, dedicated to St John the Baptist. From 1835 the whole parish was included in the Luton Poor Law Union. An ecclesiastical parish was created for Markyate in October 1877 from parts of Caddington, Flamstead, Studham and Houghton Regis ecclesiastical parishes, although the civil parish boundaries were not changed at the same time. Proposals were put forward in 1888 to also make Markyate a civil parish and rationalise the boundaries between Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire in this area, but were not implemented. Under the Local Government Act 1894 elected parish councils and district councils were established. Parishes which straddled county boundaries were to be split or otherwise have boundaries amended so as to place them wholly in one county. The parish of Caddington was split into two separate parishes, both called Caddington, one in Hertfordshire and one in Bedfordshire. The two new parishes came into effect on 13 December 1894 when the newly elected councils came into office. The Caddington (Hertfordshire) parish was included in the Markyate Rural District and the Caddington (Bedfordshire) parish was included in the Luton Rural District. On 30 September 1897 the boundary changes first proposed in 1888 were finally brought into effect, making Markyate a civil parish and merging the rest of the two Caddington parishes into one, which was thereafter entirely in the Luton Rural District in Bedfordshire. Caddington parish was renamed "Caddington and Slip End" on 1 July 1980. on 1 January 2001 it was renamed back to "Caddington", Slip End became a separate civil parish on 1 April 2001. Sport and leisure Caddington has a Non-League football team Caddington F.C. and a thriving cricket club with three adult teams and