Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STONDON (Upper)

STONDON (Upper), a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; 1 mile W of Henlow r. station, and 2½ S of Shefford. Post town, Biggleswade. Acres, 575. Real property, £558. Pop., 66. Houses, 9. The manor belongs to Countess Cowper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £125.* Patron, the Rev. R. Hull. The church was rebuilt in 1857.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Upper Stondon CP/AP       Biggleswade RegD/PLU       Bedfordshire AncC
Place names: STONDON     |     STONDON UPPER     |     UPPER STONDON
Place: Upper Stondon

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