Totternhoe, Bedfordshire

Description
Totternhoe, a parish, with a village, in Beds, 2 miles SW by W of Dunstable, where there are stations on the G.N.R. and L. & N.W.R. It has a post office under Dunstable; money order and telegraph office, Eaton Bray. Acreage, 2321; population, 612. The manor, with most of the land, belongs to Earl Brownlow. Totternhoe Castle is a double-ditched ancient British camp, which appears to have, been subsequently used by the Romans and the Saxons. Straw-plait working is carried on. A deposit of clunch, known as Totternhoe stone, was formerly in much request for building purposes, and was used in the building of Woburn Abbey, and of many of the churches in this part of the county. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; net value, £110 with residence. Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church is a building in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, porch, and a western embattled tower. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.