Stoke-Goldington (St. Peter)
STOKE-GOLDINGTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport, county of Buckingham, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Newport-Pagnell, on the road to Northampton; containing, with the hamlet of Eakley-Lanes, 855 inhabitants, of whom 754 are in the township of Stoke-Goldington. The parish comprises 1675 acres, two-thirds arable and one-third pasture, well wooded. The soil is strong, and suited especially to the growth of wheat and beans; the substratum, to a considerable extent, consists of limestone. The river Ouse bounds the parish on the east. The females are employed in making lace. The living is a rectory, united in 1736 to that of Gayhurst, and valued in the king's books at £14. 6. 3. The tithes of the commons were commuted for land in 1770. The church is in the early English style, with two chancels and a tower. The Independents have a place of worship; and a national school is supported by subscription. There was formerly a chapel at Eakley, which place is said to have been a distinct parish.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.