Woolstone, Little (Holy Trinity)

WOOLSTONE, LITTLE (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport, county of Buckingham, 3 miles (S.) from Newport-Pagnell; containing 115 inhabitants. This parish, which is bounded on the east by a branch of the river Ouse, and intersected by the Grand Junction canal, comprises about 600 acres. The inhabitants are partly employed in making lace. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 6. 1., and in the patronage of the Crown, with a net income of £102: the glebe comprises 14 acres, with a house. The church, having become dilapidated, was lately thoroughly repaired. There is a small portion of land, bequeathed by a former rector, the rent of which is applied in apprenticing a boy yearly.