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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Colmworth like this:
COLMWORTH, a parish in the district and county of Bedford; on an affluent of the river Ouse, 5 miles WSW of St. Neots r. station, and 7½ NE of Bedford. Post town, St. Neots. Acres, 2, 310. Real property, £2, 026. Pop., 527. Houses, 114. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £179.* Patron, the Rev. R. W. Gery. The church is early English, has a fine spire, and is good.
Colmworth is now part of BEDFORD Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how BEDFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Colmworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Colmworth, in Bedford and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3520
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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