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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Flitton like this:
FLITTON, a township and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The township lies on the river Ivel, 2 ½ miles SE of Ampthill, and 5½ ESE of Lidlington r. station; and has a post office under Ampthill. Acres, 1, 025. Real property, £2, 082. Pop., 597. Houses, 127. The parish includes also the hamlet of Silsoe. ...
Acres, 3, 185. Real property, £5, 930. Pop., 1, 310. Houses, 277. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, 234.* Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is ancient and good; was much enlarged in 1835; and contains the burial-place of the Grey family, a monument to the fifth Earl of Kent, and a brass of Thomas Hill, who died in 1601, when 128 years old. The vicarage of Silsoe is a separate benefice. Charities, £74.
Flitton is now part of CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Flitton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Flitton, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3534
Date accessed: 16th November 2025
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