In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wrestlingworth like this:
WRESTLINGWORTH, a parish, with a village, in Biggleswade district, Beds; 2¾ miles ESE of Potton r. station. It has a post-office under St. Neots. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £2,441. Pop., 657. Houses, 139. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English and good. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £61.
Wrestlingworth through time
Wrestlingworth is now part of Mid Bedfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mid Bedfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wrestlingworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wrestlingworth in Mid Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5417
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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