Westoning (St. Mary Magdalene)
WESTONING (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Ampthill, hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Ampthill; containing 732 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £9.17., and in the gift of the Executors of the late J. Everitt, Esq.; the impropriation belongs to Mrs. Penyston. The great tithes have been commuted for £355, and the vicarial for £260; the glebe comprises 32 acres. There is a place of worship for Baptists.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.