Margaret, St., or Street
MARGARET, St., or Street, a hamlet, in the parish of Ivinghoe, union of Leighton-Buzzard, hundred of Cottesloe, county of Buckingham; containing 125 inhabitants. It took its second name from its situation on the Roman Ikeneld way, which pursued a north-eastern direction through the parish. A Benedictine nunnery for nine women, dedicated to St. Margaret, was founded here in 1160, by Henry de Blois, Bishop of Winchester; the revenue was valued at £22. 6.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.