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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chicksands like this:
CHICKSANDS-PRIORY, an extra-parochial tract in Biggleswade district, Beds; on the river Ivel, near the Midland railway, 1¾ mile WNW of Shefford. Acres, 120. Real property, £, 122. Pop., 77. Houses, 10. The mansion of Chicksands Priory here, the seat of Sir G. Osborne, Bart., includes considerable part of the buildings of a priory, founded about 1150 by Pain de Beauchamp; and contains James I. 's bed, and a portrait of Cromwell by Lely.
Chicksands 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 Chicksands itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chicksands, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4983
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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