Description
Cranfield, a village and a parish in Beds. The village stands near the boundary with Bucks, 3 1/2 miles NW Lidlington station on the L. & N.W.R., and 8 NW by W of Ampthill, has a post, money order and telegraph office under Newport Pagnall, and gave the title of Baron to the Duke of Dorset. The parish comprises 3998 acres; population, 1365. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net yearly value, £400 with residence. The church is a building of limestone in the Perpendicular style. There are two Baptist chapels, a Wesleyan chapel, and some almshouses. Cranfield Court, the seat of the Harter family, is a fine modern mansion in the French Gothic style.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
