Southill, Bedfordshire

Southill is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, 5. 5 km west south-west of Biggleswade. Its eastern fields are on the plain of the River Ivel; its west is hilly. The village centre is a close cluster. The principal residence, Southill Park, was one of at least four manors, and was for three generations the home of the local branch of the landed Byng family, the Viscounts Torrington, Navy admirals, by whom it was sold at the end of the 18th century to industrialist Samuel Whitbread. Admiral John Byng is buried in All Saints Church, which is a 14th and 15th century church embellished in 1814. The parish has three hamlets, Broom, Stanford and Ireland which share in the secular resources funded by the civil parish council; the latter is the part of the area beside the dismantled Bedford-Hitchin line on which Southill railway station provided passenger services until 1961.

Southill is a village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, 5. 5 km west south-west of Biggleswade. Its eastern fields are on the plain of the River Ivel; its west is hilly. The village centre is a close cluster. The principal residence, Southill Park, was one of at least four manors, and was for three generations the home of the local branch of the landed Byng family, the Viscounts Torrington, Navy admirals, by whom it was sold at the end of the 18th century to industrialist Samuel Whitbread. Admiral John Byng is buried in All Saints Church, which is a 14th and 15th century church embellished in 1814. The parish has three hamlets, Broom, Stanford and Ireland which share in the secular resources funded by the civil parish council; the latter is the part of the area beside the dismantled Bedford-Hitchin line on which Southill railway station provided passenger services until 1961.