In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colmworth like this:
COLMWORTH, a parish in the district and county of Bedford; on an affluent of the river Ouse, 5 miles WSW of St. Neots r. station, and 7½ NE of Bedford. Post town, St. Neots. Acres, 2, 310. Real property, £2, 026. Pop., 527. Houses, 114. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £179.* Patron, the Rev. R. W. Gery. The church is early English, has a fine spire, and is good.
Colmworth through time
Colmworth is now part of Bedford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bedford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colmworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colmworth, in Bedford and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3520
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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