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 are important attractions.

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 Gaol.

Resources

Primary Reference

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service Online Catalogue

Bedfordshire Family History Society

Bedfordshire Libraries

Bedfordshire Virtual Library

Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

Baptist Ministers in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 1753-1835

Bedfordshire Churches

19th Century Bedford Gaol

Bedfordshire Poll Book 1722

Bedfordshire Poll Book 1784

Bedford Poorhouse 1871

1851 Census of Bedford Prison

Bedfordshire Historical Record Society

Bedfordshire Surnames List

Bedfordshire Womens Land Army

Local Ancestors

Specific Town and Village Interest

Ampthill History Forum

Ampthill Images

Biggleswade History Society

Campton and Chicksands Parish

Cople

Eaton Bray

Eatons Community Association - Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford BMDs, Census Transcripts, Electoral Rolls

Felmersham Churchyard

Great Barford Parish Register and 1841-1901 Census Transcripts

Harrold-on-line

Husborne Crawley

Index to the Leighton Buzzard Observer

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

Oakley Village

Ravensden Village

Renold - Parish Registers of All Saints Church

Sharnbrook Online

Stevington Parish

Turvey

Woburn Abbey

Woburn Rates Book

Maps and Photographs

Bedfordshire Maps and Photographs

Bedfordshire Towns & Villages Photo Album

Books of local interest

Register Office

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, so 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

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.

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-[[Image:EnglandBedfordshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Bedfordshire County Map (source: Wikipedia)]]
+[[Category:Region 5 ~ Eastern England]]
-__TOC__
+{| width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
+|-valign="top"
+|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.
-'''Bedfordshire'''
+Whipsnade Park Zoo near Dunstable, the chalky downs, and Woburn Abbey, the home of the Duke of Bedford are important attractions.
-County town: Bedford
-Other major towns: Luton and Dunstable
-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.
+Bedfordshire was the birthplace of John Bunyan, author of 'Pilgrim's Progress' which he wrote whilst imprisoned in Bedford Gaol.
+| style="width:250px" align="right"| __TOC__
+|-valign="top"
-<br><br>
+|
+'''County town:''' Bedford
-==Register Offices==
-'''Bedfordshire District Register Office'''
-Pilgrim Centre<br>
-Brickhill Drive<br>
-Bedford<br>
-MK41 7PZ <br>
-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'''
-George St West<br>
-Luton <br>
-Tel: 01582 722603<br>
-email: registration@luton.gov.uk
-==Record Office Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Record Office Lookup - Terms and Conditions|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'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=309 Willow the Wisp] '''NOT''' during school holidays
-==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
-Please read the [[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Terms and Conditions]] before requesting a lookup.
-By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.
-'''Cemetery Lookup Contacts'''
+'''Other major towns:''' Luton and Dunstable
-*Milton Keynes (25/30 mile radius) [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=843 Geraldine]
+'''[[Places_of_Worship:Bedfordshire | Bedfordshire Places of Worship]]'''
-==Photo Offers==
-Members who have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send the member a private message with your queries.
+'''[https://www.familytreeforum.com/forum/site-projects/regional-projects Regional Projects Forum]'''
+| [[Image: EnglandBedfordshire.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Source: Wikipedia]]
+|}
-*Bedfordshire [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=494 Meridian Line]
+==Resources==
+'''Primary Reference'''
-==Links==
-'''Primary Reference Links'''
 *[http://www.bedscc.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/ArchivesAndRecordOffice.aspx '''Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service''']
-*[http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Bedfordshire/ Bedfordshire Census - UK Genealogy Archives]
+*[http://blars.adlibsoft.com/ Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service Online Catalogue]
-*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bfhs.org.uk%2F Bedfordshire Family History Society]
+*[http://www.bfhs.org.uk/ Bedfordshire Family History Society]
-*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ Bedfordshire GenWeb]
+*[http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/community-and-living/libraries/default.aspx Bedfordshire Libraries]
-*[http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/Libraries/BedfordCentralLibrary.aspx Bedfordshire Libraries]
 *[http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/cgi-bin/vlib.sh Bedfordshire Virtual Library]
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BDF/ GENUKI Bedfordshire]
-*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyBedford.htm#PageTitle IGI Bedfordshire]
 *[http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/parishregistersac.htm Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange]
 '''Countywide Interest'''
-*[http://www.cb5.co.uk/Bedford-poorhouse1871.htm Bedford Poorhouse 1871]
+*[http://www.edintone.com/pages/bapt6.html Baptist Ministers in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 1753-1835]
-*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BDF/BEDFORD.txt 1851 Census of Bedford Prison]
+*[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Churches]
 *[http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/contents.htm 19th Century Bedford Gaol ]
-*[http://website.lineone.net/~gsward/pages/bapt6.html Baptist Ministers in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire 1753-1835]
+*[http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~jld1/family/p1722h.html Bedfordshire Poll Book 1722]
-*[http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Churches]
+*[http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~jld1/family/p1784h.html Bedfordshire Poll Book 1784]
-*[http://www.bedfordshirehrs.org.uk/index.aspx Bedfordshire Historical Record Society]
+*[http://www.cb5.co.uk/Bedford-poorhouse1871.htm Bedford Poorhouse 1871]
-*[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.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BDF/BEDFORD.txt 1851 Census of Bedford Prison]
-*[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.bedfordshirehrs.org.uk/index.aspx Bedfordshire Historical Record Society]
 *[http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html Bedfordshire Surnames List]
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 *[http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/webingres/bedfordshire/vlib/0.wla/wla_home.htm Bedfordshire Womens Land Army]
-*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.institutions.org.uk%2Fworkhouses%2Fengland%2Fbeds%2Fbedfordshire_workhouses.htm Bedfordshire Workhouses]
+*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors]
-*[http://www.genogold.com/html/bedfordshire.html GenoGold - Bedfordshire Parish Records]
-*[http://www.localancestors.com/ Local Ancestors] ancestor pages for Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire
+'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
-*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.local-history.co.uk%2FGroups%2Fbeds.html Local History Society Gateway]
+*[http://www.ampthillhistory.co.uk/ Ampthill History Forum]
+*[http://www.ampthillimages.com/ Ampthill Images]
+*[http://www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk/ Biggleswade History Society]
-'''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
+*[http://www.camptonandchicksands.org.uk/index.htm Campton and Chicksands Parish]
-*[http://www.ampthillhistory.co.uk/ Ampthill History Forum]
-*[http://www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk/ Biggleswade History Society]
+*[http://www.cople.org.uk/index.asp Cople]
 *[http://www.eatonbray.com/history/ Eaton Bray]
-*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association - Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford] BMDs, census transcripts, electoral rolls
+*[http://www.escan.org.uk/  Eatons Community Association - Eaton Socon and Eaton Ford] BMDs, Census Transcripts, Electoral Rolls
+*[http://www.felmersham.net/churchyard.htm Felmersham Churchyard]
 *[http://www.sgibbs1.freeserve.co.uk/gtbarford/ Great Barford Parish Register and 1841-1901 Census Transcripts]
-*[http://www.geocities.com/harlingtonheritage/ Harlington Heritage Trust]
+*[http://www.harrold.info/comlinks/pcouncil.html Harrold-on-line]
 *[http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/husborne01/home.html Husborne Crawley]
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 *[http://www.cb5.co.uk/1851censusstevington.htm Stevington Parish]
+*[http://turvey.homestead.com/sitemap.html Turvey]
 *[http://www.familytreeforum.com/redirect-to/?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.woburnabbey.co.uk%2F Woburn Abbey]
 *[http://www.vmine.net/woburn/ Woburn Rates Book]
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+'''Books of local interest'''
+==Register Office==
+'''Bedfordshire District Register Office'''
+Pilgrim Centre<br>
+Brickhill Drive<br>
+Bedford<br>
+MK41 7PZ <br>
+Tel: 01234 290450<br>
+''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, so to ensure you are not paying more than the usual £7 fee please contact the office direct''
+'''Luton Register Office'''
+George St West<br>
+Luton <br>
+Tel: 01582 722603<br>
+Email: registration@luton.gov.uk<br>
+==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
+Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
+A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum]  or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
+*[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
+*[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
+*[[Research Offers: Probate]]
+*[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
+If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location,  please leave a message on our  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
+<br><br><br><br>
+Back to [[England]]

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