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"ROXTON, a parish and a village in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands near the river Ouse, 2½ miles NW of Tempsford railway station, and 4½ SSW of St. Neots; and has a post-office under St. Neots. The parish contains also the hamlets of Chawson and Colesdon. Acres, 2,880. Real-property, £5,095. Pop., 688. Houses, 146. The manor belongs to the Rev. R. Delap. The manor-house is an ancient moated edifice, and is now a farm-house. R. House is the seat of T. Cranfield, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with Great Barford, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £288. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and contains an altar-tomb of 1439. There are an Independent chapel and a national school."