WILSHAMPSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of
REDBORNESTOKE, county of BEDFORD, 4 miles (S.
E.) from Bedford, containing 749 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£9. 9. 7., and in the patronage of Lord Carteret. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A small charity
school here is endowed with about five acres and a half
of land.