SOUTHILL PARISH

Introduction

Southill is a rural village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of the county of Bedfordshire, England; about 8 miles (13 km) south-east of the county town of Bedford. The 2011 census showed the population for the civil parish as 1,192. The civil parish includes the villages of Broom and Stanford and the hamlet of Ireland Its eastern fields are on the plain of the River Ivel; its west is hilly. The village centre is located in 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.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	2,290 hectares
Population	1,184 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	52 people/km²
Mean age	42.5
Ward	Northill
District	Central Bedfordshire
Postcodes	SG17, SG18
ONS ID	E04011984