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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bushmead like this:
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.
Bushmead is now part of BEDFORD Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BEDFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bushmead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bushmead, in Bedford and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25072
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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