In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tilsworth like this:
TILSWORTH, a parish, with a village, in Woburn district, Beds; 1½ mile NNE of Stambridgeford r. station, and 3¾ E of Leighton-Buzzard. Post town, Leighton-Buzzard. Acres, 1,510. Real property, £1,868. Pop., 348. Houses, 68. The manor belongs to Sir E. H. P. Turner, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £47.* Patron, Sir E. H. P. Turner, Bart. The church is Norman. Charities, £20.
Tilsworth through time
Tilsworth 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 Tilsworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tilsworth in South Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3579
Date accessed: 24th April 2025
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