It is believed that there has been a settlement at Sharnbrook since at least Saxon times. In fact the village name is thought to be Saxon and translates as dung brook (Old English scearn broc). In the Domesday Book of 1086 the name is recorded as either Sernebroc or Serneburg. In the twelfth century the Knights Templars held land in the area followed by the Knights Hospitallers.

St Peters Church is the oldest surviving building in the village. The church was originally Norman and the first recorded rector was William in about 1155. The church was effectively remodelled in the thirteenth century and additional work was done in the fourteenth, fifteenth and seventeenth centuries so it is a collection of differing architectural styles.

Sharnbrook

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Fordham Arms

The landlord at the Fordham Arms reported that a plastic scoop whizzed past his ear while he was working downstairs in the dry cellar. This happened in 2003 and followed an incident that had happened 6 months earlier. In the previous incident the landlord had just taken a delivery of frozen goods one Monday morning and was in the bar when he saw a shadowy figure. The landlord was standing by the back door and had just bent down to turn on the radio when he saw the figure, which appeared to be wearing a cape, flit diagonally across the room and disappear through a wall. At the point where the figure vanished there used to be a doorway.

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