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Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1831.
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PULLOXHILL:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1831.
[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
(unless otherwise stated)
"PULLOXHILL, a parish in the hundred of FLITT, county of BEDFORD, 2¼ miles (south-west) from Silsoe, containing 475 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £9.10., and in the patronage of the Countess de Grey. The church is dedicated to St. James. A vein of gold has been discovered here, but the produce is not sufficient to defray the expense of working it."
[Description(s) transcribed by Martin Edwards ©2003 and later edited by Colin Hinson ©2013]