BOLNHURST, a parish in the hundred of STODDEN,
county of BEDFORD, 7 miles (N. by E.) from Bolford,
containing 264 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £ 9, and in the patronage
of William Guppy, Esq. The church is dedicated to
St. Dunstan. A free school, founded by the Rev. Mr.
Baker, in 1791, has an endowment of £12 per annum,
for which about twelve children are instructed gratuitously.