Moulsoe (St. Mary)
MOULSOE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell, hundred of Newport, county of Buckingham, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from Newport-Pagnell; containing 297 inhabitants. The parish comprises by measurement 1600 acres, of which 150 are woodland, and the remainder arable and rich pasture; the soil is a strong loam, alternated with clay. The views are very extensive, and include Woburn Abbey. The river Ouse flows here: the Grand Junction canal connects the parish with the town of Newport-Pagnell, and the London and Northampton road passes through. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £16. 16. 3.; net income, £280; patron, Lord Carrington. The tithes were commuted for land in 1802; the glebe altogether comprises 229½ acres, with a house. The church stands on an eminence, and is a plain structure in the early English style, with a tower. A school is endowed with £18 per annum, arising from 14 acres of land left by Lady Northampton.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.