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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oakley like this:
OAKLEY, a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, near the Midland railway, 4 miles N W of Bedford; wasdamaged in 1823, in Nov. 1852, and at other times, by heavy floods; and has a post-office under Bedford, a station on the railway, and a very old five-arched bridgeover the Ouse. ...
The parish comprises 1, 740 acres. Real property, £2, 834. Pop., 443. Houses, 94. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Bedford. Oakley House is the residence of H. Russell, Esq. The Oakley hounds take their name from the parish, but are kennelled at Milton. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Bromham, in the diocese of Ely. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There is an endowed school with £35 a year.
Oakley is now part of BEDFORD Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BEDFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oakley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oakley, in Bedford and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1389
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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