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BUSHMEAD, a seat on the north border of Beds; 5 miles W of St. Neots. A priory of Black canons was founded here, in the time of Henry II., by the Beauchamps; came, at the dissolution, to Sir W. Gascoigne; and passed to the Gerys.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Bedfordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bushmead |
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