Difference between revisions of "Bedfordshire"

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The smallest of the 'Shire' counties, Bedfordshire has no cities but is home to the fine market towns of Bedford, Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, Whipsnade Park Zoo near Dunstable, the chalky downs, and Woburn Abbey, the home of the Duke of Bedford. The north of the county was mainly agricultural and the south mostly industrial, especially in the town of Luton, which is famous for hat making.

Bedfordshire was the birthplace of John Bunyan, author of 'Pilgrim's Progress' which he wrote whilst imprisoned in Bedford jail.

Register Offices

Bedfordshire District Register Office

Pilgrim Centre
20 Brickhill Drive
Bedford
MK41 7PZ

Tel: 01234 290450

Use caution if you google for this office,the only result found has a link to order a certificate online through a third party certificate supplier.The cost is £25,to ensure you are not paying more than the usual £7 fee please contact the office direct

Luton Register Office

6 George St West
Luton

Tel: 01582 722603
email: registration@luton.gov.uk

Record Office Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.

Record Office Lookup Contacts

Dunstable and Luton. Monthly Willow the Wisp NOT during sch hols

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

Milton Keynes (25/30 mile radius) Geraldine

Links

Bedfordshire County Records Office

Library Link Bedfordshire Library

Family History society

OPC

Local History Society

Local History Society Gateway

Archives

Bedfordshire Archives

IGI Bedfordshire

1841-1901 census on line

Parish Records for Bedfordshire-on going

UK Genealogy Archives Pages for Bedfordshire

Great Barford Parish Records

Family and social history

The Bedfordshire Surnames List

19th Century Bedford Gaol

Bedfordshire Workhouses

1851 Census of Bedford Prison

Maps & Photographs

Bedfordshire Towns & Villages Photo Album

Countywide interest

Bedfordshire Poll Book 1784

Bedfordshire Poll Book 1722

Bedfordshire Churches

Baptist Ministers in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 1753-1835

Specific Town Village interest

Ampthill History Forum

Eatons Community Association website covering the old village areas of

Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford, once in Bedfordshire but now in Cambridgeshire. Includes old maps, photographs and transcripts of censuses, electoral rolls and BMDs

St Mary's Church, Felmersham, Bedfordshire, Churchyard Survey 1918

PARISH RECORDS (Gt.Barford)

Gt.Barford 1841-1901 census transcripts

Husborne Crawley

Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer

Leighton-Linslade Past Times -Formerly Leighton Buzzard and Linslade - includes Billington, Eggington, Heath & Reach, and Stanbridge

Woburn Abbey

Parish Registers of All Saints Church, Renhold

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 *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BDF/BEDFORD.txt 1851 Census of Bedford Prison]
 '''Maps & Photographs'''
 *[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/index.htm Bedfordshire Towns & Villages Photo Album]
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 '''Countywide interest'''
 *[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cus.cam.ac.uk%2F%7Ejld1%2Ffamily%2Fp1784h.html Bedfordshire Poll Book 1784]
 *[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cus.cam.ac.uk%2F%7Ejld1%2Ffamily%2Fp1722h.html Bedfordshire Poll Book 1722]
 *[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Churches]
 *[http://website.lineone.net/~gsward/pages/bapt6.html Baptist Ministers in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 1753-1835]
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 *[http://www.ampthillhistory.co.uk/ Ampthill History Forum]
-*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association] website covering the old village areas of Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford, once in Bedfordshire but now in Cambridgeshire. Includes old maps, photographs and transcripts of censuses, electoral rolls and BMDs
+*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association] website covering the old village areas of
+Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford, once in Bedfordshire but now in Cambridgeshire. Includes old maps, photographs and transcripts of censuses, electoral rolls and BMDs
 *[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.felmersham48.freeserve.co.uk%2F%2Fchurchyard.htm St Mary's Church, Felmersham, Bedfordshire, Churchyard Survey 1918]
 *[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk%2Fgtbarford%2Findex.htm PARISH RECORDS (Gt.Barford)]
 *[http://www.sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk/gtbarford/census1841.htm Gt.Barford 1841-1901 census transcripts]
 *[http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/husborne01/home.html Husborne Crawley]
 *[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/lbo/index.php Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer]
 *[http://www.leighton-linslade.com/index.html Leighton-Linslade Past Times] -Formerly Leighton Buzzard and Linslade - includes Billington, Eggington, Heath & Reach, and Stanbridge
 *[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woburnabbey.co.uk%2F Woburn Abbey]
 *[http://www.all-saints-church-renhold.org/parishregisters/parishregisters.htm Parish Registers of All Saints Church, Renhold]