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Wootton, Bedfordshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1866.
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WOOTTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1866.
[Transcribed information from The Imperial Gazatteer of England & Wales, 1866-9]
"WOOTTON, a parish, with a scattered village, in the district and county of Bedford; 3½ miles N by W of Ampthill railway station, and 4½ SW of Bedford. It has a post-office under Bedford. Acres, 3,711. Real property, £6,205. Pop. in 1851, 1,204; in 1861, 1,349. Houses, 277. The property is subdivided. The manor, with W. House, belongs to Sir C. Payne, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £400. Patron, Miss E. M. Neale. The church is early, decorated, and later English; and its chancel was recently rebuilt. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, a handsome parochial school, and charities £78."
[Description(s) transcribed by Craig Pickup ©2002]