a market-town of Bedfordshire, in the parish of Dunstable, and hundred of Manshead, 33 miles N.W. from London (47½ by N.-Western railway), and 18 miles S.S.W. from Bedford. It is situated on the ancient Watling and Icknield streets, and is generally supposed to have been the Magnovium of the Romans. It rose into importance after the erection (by Henry I.) in 1131, of a priory of black canons, of which the present parish church formed part. The present building presents a remarkable

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