Shillington, Bedfordshire

Description
Shillington or Shiltington, a village and large parish in Beds. The village stands 3 miles WSW of Henlow station on the Bedford and Hitchin branch of the M.R., and 5 1/2 NW of Hitchin, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Hitchin. The parish contains also the hamlets of Pegsdon, Lower Stondon, Apsley End, Upton End, and Holwell Bury. Acreage, 5309; population, 1873. There is a parish council consisting of thirteen members. The manor belongs to the Musgrave family. Large quantities of coprolites have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £370 with residence. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church, which stands upon an eminence, and forms a landmark for the surrounding country, is a large building in the Transitional style consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, and a western tower. It has some ancient brasses, and a fine stained east window. There are a Union chapel used by Baptists and Congrega-tionalists, a Wesleyan chapel, almshouses for four poor widows, and some small charities.