BATTLESDEN, a parish in the hundred of MANSHEAD,
county of BEDFORD, 3 miles (S. S. E.) f'romWoburn,
containing 151 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
with that of Potsgrove annexed, in the archdeaconry
of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the
king's books at £ 12. 9. 7-, and in the patronage of Sir
G. P. Turner, Bart. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter. This place affords the title of baron to Earl
Bathurst.