Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cardington

Cardington.-- par. and vil. with ry. sta., in co. and 2½ miles SE. of Bedford -- par., 5170 ac., pop. 1225; vil., pop. 512; P.O. C. House, in the vicinity of the vil., was for some time the residence of Howard (1726-1790), the philanthropist.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cardington CP/AP       Bedfordshire AncC
Place: Cardington

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