SUNDON, a parish in the hundred of FLITT, county
of BEDFORD, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Luton, containing
387 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
ju the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of
Lincoln, rated in the Icing's books at £8. 6.8., endowed
with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of J. R.
Cuthbert, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is
partly in the decorated style of architecture. A market
and fair, formerly held by royal grant in 1316, have
been long disused.