WILTEN, a parish in the hundred of BARFORD,
county of BEDFORD, 8 miles (N.E. byN.) from Bedford,
containing 447 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £18. 7. 1., and in the
patronage of the Duke of Bedford. The church, is dedicated
to St. Nicholas. John and Thomas Rolle, in 1624,
bequeathed land, now producing an annual income of
£30, for teaching poor children.