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Roxton, Bedfordshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1831.
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ROXTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1831.
[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
(unless otherwise stated)
" ROXTON, a parish in the hundred of BARFORD, county of BEDFORD, 4¾ miles (south-south-west) from St. Neot's, containing 537 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, united to that of Great Barford, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £10, and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a place of worship for Independents. The river Ouse bounds the parish on the east."
[Description(s) transcribed by Martin Edwards ©2003 and later edited by Colin Hinson ©2013]