Description
Millbrook, a village and a parish in Beds. The village stands on an eminence, 1 1/4 mile W of Ampthill, and 1 1/4 S of Millbrook station on the L. & N.W.R., 1 W from Ampthill station on the M.R., and 7 1/2 miles S by W from Bedford, and commands a fine view of the vale of Bedford. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Ampthill. Acreage of parish, 1784; population, 227. The manor belongs to the Duke of Bedford, who is sole landowner. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £226 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, which stands upon an eminence, is a building in the Perpendicular style. A Benedictine priory once was here.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
