Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Campton

Campton, par., township, and vil., E. Bedfordshire, on river Ivel, 6 miles SW. of Biggleswade -- par., 1120 ac., pop. 1625; township, pop. 555; P.O. Bloomfield, the poet (1766-1823), died here.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Campton CP/AP       Bedfordshire AncC
Place: Campton

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