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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hyde like this:
HYDE (EAST), a village, a hamlet, and a chapelry in Luton parish, Beds. The village stands on the verge of the county, near New Millend r. station, 3 ½ miles SE of Luton The hamlet includes the Village, and is con joint with West Hyde. Real property of East H. alone, £2, 819; of East H. ...
and West H., £6, 651. Post town, Luton. Pop. of both, 869. Houses, 148. The chapelry comprises portions of East H. and West H., with Chiltern-Green and Kinsman-Green; and was constituted in 1859. Pop., 419. Houses, 77. Lionel Ames, Esq. of Hyde, and John S. Leigh, Esq. of Luton-Hoo, are the chief landowners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £180. * Patron, L. Ames, Esq. The church was built in 1840; and is a square edifice, with portico and two small towers.
Hyde 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 Hyde itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hyde, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4498
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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