Olney

Olney, a pleasant little town of Buckinghamshire, on the Ouse, 11 miles W. by N. of Bedford and 10 SE. of Northampton. At the corner of the market-place still stands the house where Cowper (q.v.) lived from 1767 to 1786, writing with John Newton the Olney Hymns (1779). The place besides has memories of Scott the commentator, William Carey, and many more missionaries. Brewing and bootmaking are industries. Pop. 2347. See Thomas Wright's Town of Cowper (1886).