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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Manshead like this:
MANSHEAD, a hundred in the SW of Beds; containing Dunstable parish, twenty-one other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 50,767. Pop. in 1851, 27,593; in 1861,28,340. Houses, 5,863.
Manshead is now part of CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Manshead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Manshead, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20587
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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