In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chalgrave like this:
CHALGRAVE, a parish in Woburn district, Beds; 3¾ miles N by W of Dunstable r. station, and 6½ ENE of Leighton-Buzzard. It includes the hamlets of Tebworth and Wingfield; and its Post Town is Hockliffe, under Leighton-Buzzard. Acres, 2,130. Real property, £4,665. Pop., 761. Houses, 207. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150. Patron, the Rev. J. M. Hamilton. The church is ancient There are a Wesleyan chapel and a n. school.
Chalgrave through time
Chalgrave is now part of South Bedfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Bedfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chalgrave itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chalgrave in South Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6183
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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