La Victoria History of Bedford County copre una serie di argomenti, tra cui storia naturale, ecologia e contributi comunitari, come l'eredità lasciata da Elizabeth Meen. Documenta lo sviluppo sociale e naturale della contea, sottolineando in particolare l'impatto della filantropia locale.
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. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. BIGGLESWADE HUNDRED distribute the income in monthly portions at the times of distributing the sacrament-money to poor inhabit- ants of the parish usually attending divine service. The legacy is represented by ^393 8/. lo</. consols, with the official trustees. The dividends, amounting to j^g 16^. Sd., are distributed in gifts of is. monthly to communicants. Mrs. Elizabeth Meen, by her will, proved in the P.C.C. on 13 May, 1840, left £200 upon trust to be invested and the income applied for the benefit of that class of poor widows of the town of Biggleswade upon St. Thomas's Day in every year for which a collection had usually been made. The legacy is COCKAYNE HATLEY represented by ^^217 js. lod. consols with the official trustees, the dividends of which, amounting to ^5 8/. SJ., are applied by the vicar and church- wardens in the distribution of bread. National and Infant Schools (see above, ' Schools'). In 1755 Edward Peake, by will, gave a house and z roods of land, situate at Holme, and an annual sum of £ij, charged on other premises at Holme, for pur- poses of education; this sum, together with £z 3/., the rent of the house and land, is applied for the benefit of these schools. See also Sir John Cotton's Charity, above- mentioned. COCKAYNE HATLEY Hettenleia (x cent.) ; Hatelai (xi cent.) ; Bury Hattele (xiii-xv cent.) ; Hatley Port, Cockayne Hatley (xvi cent.). The small parish of Cockayne Hatley lies on the Cambridgeshire borders 3 miles east from the Potton station of the London and North Western Railway. It contains 1, 174 acres, of which 777 are arable land, 283 permanent grass, 210 woods and plantations."^ The soil is strong clay and the sub- soil clay. The chief crops are wheat, turnips, barley, peas, and beans. In the north-east of the parish is situated Cockayne Hatley wood, the south is mainly agricultural. The small village is in the centre of the parish, the greater part of w
