Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EVERSHOLT

EVERSHOLT, a parish in Woburn district, Beds; adjacent to Woburn Park, 2½ miles ESE of Woburn, and 3 ESE of Woburn Sands r. station. It has a post office under Woburn. Acres, 2, 119. Real property, £4, 285. Pop., 885. Houses, 202. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £600.* Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is old but good, and has an ancient font. An endowed school has £10; and other charities £132.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eversholt CP/AP       Woburn PLU/RegD       Bedfordshire AncC
Place: Eversholt

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