Roxton, Bedfordshire

Description
Roxton, a village and a parish in Bedfordshire. The village stands near the river Ouse and the Great North Road, 2 3/4 miles NW of Tempsford station on the G.N.R., and 4 1/2 SSW of St Neots, and has a post office under St Neots; money order office, Great Barford; telegraph office, Tempsford. The parish contains also the hamlets of Chawson and Golesdon. Acreage, 2941; population of the civil parish, 441; of the ecclesiastical, 1187. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Delap family. The principal manor house is an ancient moated edifice situated in Chawson, and is now a farmhouse. Roxton House is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with Great Barford, in the diocese of Ely; joint gross value, £400 with residence. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is an ancient building in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, and an embattled western tower, and contains a brass of 1400, and an altar-tomb of 1439. The church was restored in 1890, and the tower and bells in 1893. There is a Congregational chapel.