POTTEN, a market-town of Bedfordshire, in the hundred of Biggleswade, forty-nine miles from London. It is well built now, having been burned down in 1785, after which for some time the inhabitants lived under tents. It is in a fertile district, and has a good market on Saturday. The population amounted in 1801 to 1103, in 1811 to 1154, in 1821 to 1498, and in 1831 to 1768.