Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RISELEY

RISELEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands3½ miles N E of Sharnbrook r. station, and 9 N of Bedford; and has a post-office under Higham-Ferrers, and a police station. The parish comprises 2, 980 acres. Real property, £4, 134. Pop., 1,026. Houses, 221. The property is subdivided. The manor-belongsto Lord St. John. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £179.* Patron, Lord St. John. The church is a fine structure; and comprises nave and double chancel, with porch and tower. There are chapels for Baptists, Moravians, and Wesleyans, and a national school.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes. Acres, 13, 190. Pop., 2, 778. Houses, 594.


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

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Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Riseley AP/CP       Riseley SubD       Bedfordshire AncC
Place: Riseley

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