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"FLITTON, a parish and township in the hundred of Flitt, county Bedford, 3 miles south east of Ampthill, and 10 south east of Bedford. It is situated on the river Ivel, and includes the township of Silsoe, its post town. The soil is a sandy loam, and is divided between arable and pasture. In this parish is Pullox Hill, where a goldmine was discovered in the last century, but was abandoned as being unproductive. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Ely, value £234, in the patronage of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is a handsome Gothic structure, dedicated to St. John, and contains tombs and monuments of the De Greys and other families; also four brasses, one of which is a figure in brass of Thomas Hill, who died in 1601 at the age of 128 years. There is also a district church at Silsoe, the living of which is a perpetual curacy,* value £150. The parochial charities produce over £70 per annum. Earl De Grey is lord of the manor. The tithes were commuted for land and corn rents under an Enclosure Act in 1809.""GREENFIELD, a hamlet in the parishes of Flitton and Pulloxhill, county of Bedfordshire, ¾ mile south west of Flitton."
"SILSOE, (or Wrest), the park of Earl de Grey, in the parish of Flitton, county Beds, 4 miles south west of Shefford. It is situated near the river Ivel, and contains a collection of historical portraits.
"WARDHEDGES, a hamlet in the parish of Flitton, county of Bedfordshire, ½ mile east of Flitton."
"WORTHY END, a single house in the parish of Flitton, county of Bedfordshire, 2 miles south west of Flitton."