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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Campton like this:
CAMPTON, a village and a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds. The village stands on the river Ivel, 1¼ mile W of Shefford r. station, and 6 SW of Biggleswade; and has a post office under Biggleswade. The parish includes also the township of Shefford. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £4,406. ...
Pop., 1,544. Houses, 327. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Shefford, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £374.* Patron, Sir G. R. Osborn, Bart. Both churches are good; and the mother one has a brass of 1489. R. Blomfield, the poet, was buried here in 1823. There are a national school and charities £144.
Campton 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 Campton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Campton, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2086
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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