From the 1806 printing of Magna Britannia by Daniel and Samuel Lysons.
Eversholt, a village in the hundred of Manshead and deanery of Flitt,
lies about two miles and a half east of Woburn. The manor, which had belonged
to the monastery, was, after the reformation, annexed to the honour of
Ampthill. In 1601 it was granted to Henry Astrey, who, the same year, conveyed
it to the Hillersdons. In 1702, it was purchased of that family by Wriothesly
Duke of Bedford, from whom it has descended to the present duke. The manor of
Wakes in this parish, now the Duke of Bedford’s, was purchased with Eversholt
in 1702. In 1504 it was the property of Giles Lord Daubeny. In 1531 it passed
to the family of Hinton ; and in 1604 from them to the Hillersdons. The manor
of Kingshoe or Kinses, in this parish, is also the Duke of Bedford’s. It was
purchased by the late duke. The advowson of the rectory, which belonged
formerly to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem, has been many years in the
noble family of Sandys. The reversion, with other large estates of the late
Lord Sandys, is vested, after the death of his Lady, in the second son of the
late Marquis of Downshire. … The patronage of the rectory of Eversholt is
vested in the Marchioness of Downshire, who has the power of appointment to
either of her sons. The parish of Eversholt has been inclosed, under an Act of
Parliament, passed in 1806.
That is the complete text of the 1806 version, but there is an 1813 edition online, and that adds:
The patronage of the rectory of Eversholt is
vested in the Marchioness of Downshire, who has the power of appointment to
either of her sons. The parish of Eversholt has been inclosed, under an Act of
Parliament, passed in 1806.
That 1813 edition also notes that the 1801 census (such as it was) found 143 inhabited houses in Eversholt, and 3 uninhabited. There were 160 families and 715 people.