Stagsden, Bedfordshire

Description
Stagsden, a parish, with a village, in Bedfordshire, 4 1/2 miles W of Bedford railway station, and 8 NE of Newport Pagnell. It was anciently known as Stachedene and Staggisden, and has a post office under Bedford; money order and telegraph office, Turvey. Acreage, 3419; population, 470. Pillow lace is made. The manor, with most of the land, belongs to the Crown. There is a chalybeate spring. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely; gross value, £235 with residence. The church, which stands on an eminence near the centre of the village, is a very ancient building of stone consisting of chancel, nave, N transept, S aisle, porch, and an embattled tower. There is a Congregational chapel. Wick End, Bury End, Up End, North End, and West End are adjacent hamlets.