In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Manshead like this:
MANSHEAD, a hundred in the SW of Beds; containing Dunstable parish, twenty-one other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 50,767. Pop. in 1851, 27,593; in 1861,28,340. Houses, 5,863.
Manshead through time
Manshead 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 Manshead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Manshead in South Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20587
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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