Huntingdonshire Parishes - Tilbrook
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Brief
Description:
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TILBROOK, a parish in the hundred of STODDEN. county of BEDFORD, 1½ mile (N.W. by W.) from Kimbolton, containing 297 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £13. 10., and in the patronage of Lord St. John. The church is dedicated to All Saints. Charles Higgins bequeathed £300 in support of a Sunday school, which sum, together with subscriptions, produces £20 a year. This extract is from "Samuel Lewis Topographical Gazeetter - 1831" Local government reorganisation in 1896 saw Swineshead transferred from Huntingdonshire to Bedfordshire in exchange for Tilbrook. |
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Hundred:
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STODDEN |
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Registration
District:
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Tilbrook was originally in the St. Neots Registration District from 1st July 1837. Subsequently it became part of the Kimbolton sub-District, but it is now directly under the Huntingdon District. |
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First
Appearance of Name:
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Domesday Book - 1086. The name came from Old English meaning 'dung-brook' a place for watering cattle. |
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Updated on: 16 December 2001
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