It is west of Moggerhanger on the road from Sandy to Bedford. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Welitone and as Wilitona in c. Old English tun (homestead) among the willows , and is part of the ancient hundred of Wixamtree. Post town, Bedford. The manor belongs to the Duke of Bedford , who is sole landowner.
What we doWe host a programme of talks, arrange visits to places of historic interest and hold an archive of historical documents and photographs.
OUR BLOSSOM CAFE WILL RE-OPEN THIS SATURDAY 18th of July! Delivery Service Available. Time After Time Antique Shop, Jaws Aquatic, Blossom Cafe are now opened. On the ground floor there is a welcoming entrance hall with character wooden flooring, this flows through.
WILLINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Wixamtree, county Beds, miles east of Bedford. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, contains monuments of the Gostwicke family. Dovecotes are used to house pigeons, either for sporting reasons, or else in preparation for the table.
In John Gostwick’s case: a merchant, a judge, and a member of Parliament, the purpose of the dovecote would have been the latter.
