CRANFIELD, a parish in the hundred of REDBORNESTOKE,
county of BEDFORD, 7 miles (W. N. W.) from
Ampthill, containing 1153 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £33. 2. 1., and in
the patronage of the Rev. James Beard. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. There is a place
of worship for Particular Baptists. A school is supported
by charitable donations amounting to about £ 15
per annum. A mineral spring rises in the parish, but
it is very little resorted to. Cranfield gives the inferior
title of baron to the Duke of Dorset.