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Flitton, Bedfordshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1866.

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FLITTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1866.

[Transcribed information from The Imperial Gazatteer of England & Wales, 1866-9]

"FLITTON, a parish and a township in Ampthill district, Beds. The township lies on the river Ivel, 2½ miles SE of Ampthill, and 5½ miles ESE of Lidlington railway station; and has a post-office under Ampthill. Acres, 1,025. Real property, £2,082. Pop., 597. Houses, 127. The parish includes also the hamlet of Silsoe. Acres, 3,185. Real property, £5,930. Pop., 1,310. Houses, 277. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, 234. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is ancient and good; was much enlarged in 1835; and contains the burial-place of the Grey family, a monument to the fifth Earl of Kent, and a brass of Thomas Hill, who died in 1601, when 128 years old. The p. curacy of Silsoe is a separate benefice. Charities, £74."

[Description(s) transcribed by Craig Pickup ©2002]