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MILTON-BRYANT, a village and a parish in Woburn district, Beds. The village stands 2¼ miles SE of Woburn, and 4½ SE of Woburn-Sands r. station; and has a post office under Woburn. The parish comprises 1,480 acres. Real property, £2,118. Pop., 345. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. Two manors here belonged, at Domesday, to Hugh de Beauchamp and the Bishop of Baienx; went to Sir Francis Bryan and Woburn abbey; and passed to Sir Hugh Inglis, Bart. The Manor-House is the seat of Lady Inglis. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £252.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a white tower and a painted window; and contains a monument, by Chantrey, to Sir H. Inglis. There is a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Milton Bryan AP/CP Woburn PLU/RegD Bedfordshire AncC |
Place: | Milton Bryan |
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