Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WILDEN

WILDEN, a parish in the district and county of Bed ford; 5 miles NE of Bedford r. station. It has a post-office under Bedford. Acres, 2,160. Real property, £2,765. Pop., 501. Houses, 112. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £400.* Patron, Mrs. Chalk. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, an endowed school with £47 a year, and charities £26.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wilden AP/CP       Bedfordshire AncC
Place: Wilden

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