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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Higham Gobion like this:
HIGHAM-GOBION, a parish in Ampthill district, Beds; adjacent to Herts, 4½ miles WSW of Henlow r. station, and 6½ SE of Ampthill. Post town, Silsoe, under Ampthill. Acres, 1, 287. Real property, £1, 762. Pop., 121. Houses, 24. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Countess Cowper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £350.* Patron, j. H. Marvin, Esq. The church is good, and contains a monument to Castell, author of the "Lexicon Heptaglotton, " who was rector.
Higham Gobion 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 Higham Gobion itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Higham Gobion, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3396
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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