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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Billington like this:
BILLINGTON, a chapelry in Leighton-Buzzard parish, Beds; on the river Ouse, and the Leighton and Luton railway, 2 miles SE of Leighton-Buzzard. Post Town, Leighton-Buzzard. Acres, returned with the parish. Real property, £2,345. Pop., 484. Houses, 102. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Ely. Value, £280.* Patrons, the Inhabitants. The church is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Billington 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 Billington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Billington, in Central Bedfordshire and Bedfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5864
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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