Southill (All Saints)

SOUTHILL (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Biggleswade, hundred of Wixamtree, county of Bedford; containing, with the hamlets of Broom and Stanford, 1379 inhabitants, of whom 579 are in the township of Southill, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Biggleswade. The living is a discharged vicarage, with that of Old Warden annexed, valued in the king's books at £ 11. 15.; net income, £384; patron and impropriator, W. H. Whitbread, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land and annual money payments in 1797. The church contains monuments to several of the Byng family, among which are those of the celebrated naval officer, Sir George Byng, first Viscount Torrington, and of his son, Vice-Admiral the Hon. John Byng, who was executed for alleged professional misconduct. The Baptists have a place of worship.