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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wrestlingworth like this:
WRESTLINGWORTH, a parish, with a village, in Biggleswade district, Beds; 2¾ miles ESE of Potton r. station. It has a post-office under St. Neots. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £2,441. Pop., 657. Houses, 139. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English and good. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £61.
Wrestlingworth 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 Wrestlingworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wrestlingworth, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5417
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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