Astwick, a parish in Beds, on the river Ivel, 2 1/2 miles ENE of Arlesey station on the G.N.R., and 4 N by W of Baldock, which is the post town and the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 665 ; population, 54. The living is a rectory annexed to the vicarage of Arlesey, in the diocese of Ely; joint net yearly value, £300. Population of the ecclesiastical district, 2162. The church is a building of stone in the Decorated style.