Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EVERTON

EVERTON, a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; on the verge of the county, 1¾ mile NW of Potton r. station, and 4½ NNE of Biggleswade. It has a post office under St. Neots. Acres, 975. Real property, £1, 300. Pop., 248. Houses, 49. Everton Hall is a chief residence. An extensive tract of bog has been drained by steam power. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Tetworth, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200.* Patron, Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is small. There are a national school and charities £6.


(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: Everton AP/CP       Biggleswade RegD/PLU       Bedfordshire AncC
Place: Everton

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