Description
Goldington, a village and a parish in Bedfordshire. The village stands near the river Ouse, 1 3/4 miles NE by E of Bedford, and has post office under Bedford; money order and telegraph office, Bedford. The parish comprises 2548 acres of land and 40 of water; population, 587. A fort was anciently at Castle Hill, and a priory at Newnham. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. The church, a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consists of a chancel, nave, and aisles, with square tower, and has brasses of 1507 and 1585. There is a Congregational chapel. Goldington Hall, Goldington Bury, and Goldington Grange are chief residences.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
