Description
Hockliffe, a village and a parish in Beds. The village stands 4 miles NW from Dunstable, and consists of one street about a mile long, on the road, Watling Street. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) the parish comprises 1028 acres; population, 345. The manor belogs to the Adams family. The Grange is the seat of the Gilpin family. An ancient hospital for a master and several brethren was at the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £246. The church is ancient, consists of nave and chancel, with embattled tower, and in 1861 was mainly rebuilt and partly restored. There are Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels. A portion of the village is in Chalgrave.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
