Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oakley

Oakley.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., Bedfordshire - par., 1740 ac., pop. 295; vil., on river Ouse, 4 miles NW. of Bedford; P.O.; near the sta. is Oakley House, seat of the Duke of Bedford.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Oakley Parish       Bedfordshire Ancient County
Place: Oakley

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