KEMPSTON, a parish in the hundred of REDBORNESTOKE,
county of BEDFORD, 2 miles (S. W. by W.) from
Bedford, containing 1419 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 12, and in the
patronage of the Rev. G. Ousley Fenwicke. The church
is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of worship
for Wesleyan Methodists. Within the parish are the
sites of several moated buildings.