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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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FLITTON, a township and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The township lies on the river Ivel, 2 ½ miles SE of Ampthill, and 5½ ESE of Lidlington r. station; and has a post office under Ampthill. Acres, 1, 025. Real property, £2, 082. Pop., 597. Houses, 127. The parish includes also the hamlet of Silsoe. Acres, 3, 185. Real property, £5, 930. Pop., 1, 310. Houses, 277. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, 234.* Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is ancient and good; was much enlarged in 1835; and contains the burial-place of the Grey family, a monument to the fifth Earl of Kent, and a brass of Thomas Hill, who died in 1601, when 128 years old. The vicarage of Silsoe is a separate benefice. Charities, £74.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Flitton AP/CP Ampthill RegD/PLU Bedfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Flitton |
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