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WESTONING, a parish in the hundred of MANSHEAD, county of BEDFORD, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Ampthill, containing 634 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £9.17., and in the patronage of John Everett, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. There is a place of worship for Baptists.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Westoning can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 4, Book 3 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Church of England
The church of St. Mary Magdalene is in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, porch, and an embattled tower containing 5 bells, retuned and rehung 111 1893: it was beautifully restored in the year 1857, at a cost of about £2,000 : an organ has been presented by Major and Mrs. C. Campion, and a stained window as a memorial to the late lord of the manor and his wife. The register dates from the year 1560.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Non-conformist
Here are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
The parish record transcripts for St Mary Magdelene are available on microfiche for the period 1560-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
In the village is a clock tower given to the parish in 1897 by Major and Mrs. C. Campion in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee (1897). The Manor House, the residence of Major John Gadsby Coventry-Campion J.P. is a mansion in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1843, when the old Manor House was pulled down, and stands in grounds of about 100 acres.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
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