Meppershall
General History
Melville's Directory 1867 (Extract)

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MEPPERSHALL is a village and parish, distant 12 miles southeast from Bedford; in the hundred of Clifton, and diocese of Ely. The population in 1851 was 500, and in 1861 it was 541; the number of acres is about 1,950. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small stone edifice, with tower in the centre. The living is a rectory, in the gift of St. John's College, Cambridge; the Rev. J. H. Howlett, B. D., is the rector. Here is a National School for boys and girls.

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Arnold, William, beer retailer
Ashford, H. farmer
Austin, Francis Fane, wine and spirit merchant
Bluffill, William, beer retailer
Cooper, William, farmer
Flint, George Bunyan, farmer
Howlett, Rev. John Henry, B. D.
Jarvis, William, farmer
King, John, timber merchant
Millard, Mansel, brewer
Parrott, James, Five Bells inn
Pestell, Charles, farmer
Pestell, John, farmer
Pettifar, Thomas, beer retailer
Philips, John, farmer
Prinnet, John, shoemaker
Roberts, James, baker and shopkeeper
Sugars, William, beer retailer
Surridge, George, shopkeeper

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