Aspley-Guise, formerly a town, now a village and a parish in Bedfordshire, 1 1/2 mile from Woburn Sands station on the L. & N.W.R., and 2 miles N of Woburn. It has a post and telegraph office under Woburn, and formerly had a market. Acreage, 1899; population, 1230. The manor belonged anciently to the Guises. Aspley House and The Rookery are chief residences. Aspley Heath and Aspley Wood give fine views. The area of Aspley Heath is 600 acres; population, 451. Fuller's earth occurs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £173. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is elegant, and there are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.
