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RISELEY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1831.

[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
(unless otherwise stated)

" RISELEY, a parish in the hundred of STODDEN, county of BEDFORD, 5¼ miles (west-south-west) from Kimbolton, containing 790 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £8. 7. 6., and in the patronage of Lord St. John. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists, and a Moravian establishment. A fair is held on Shrove Tuesday. Near Melchburne House, the seat of Lord St. John, are the remains of the old castle from which the family derive their title."

[Description(s) transcribed by Martin Edwards ©2003 and later edited by Colin Hinson ©2013]

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