Edworth, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Edworth, an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1552
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
EDWORTH, a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; near the Roman way and adjacent to Herts, 3½ miles NE of Arlesey r. station and 3½ SE of Biggleswade. Post town, Stotfold, under Baldock. Acres, 1, 099. Real property, £1, 455. Pop., 99. Houses, 18. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £190. Patron,C. Hale, Esq. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Edworth, a parish in the hund. and union of Biggleswade, county of Bedford; 3½ miles south east of Biggleswade, about half-a-mile east of the Roman way. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. of Bedford and dio. of Lincoln, now in the dio. of Ely; rated at £15 16s. 3d.; gross income £167. Patron, in 1835, W. Hale, Esq. Acres 1,100. Houses 24. A.P. £1,084. Pop., in 1801, 90; in 1831, 95. Poor rates, in 1838, £100 6s.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Edworth, 3 m. N.E. Biggleswade. P. 105
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
EDWORTH (St. George), a parish, in the union and hundred of Biggleswade, county of Bedford, 3¾ miles (S. E. by S.) from Biggleswade; containing 105 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £15. 16. 3., and in the gift of W. Hall, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £240, and the glebe comprises 8 acres.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Edworth Parish Registers 1552-1812
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Smith, Henry, baker, bachelor, and Mary Parker, of St. Andrew-in-the-Wardrobe, London, spinster, daughter of Richard Parker, of Edworth, co. Beds, clerk — at St. Andrew aforesaid. 16 June, 1621. B.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
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Bedfordshire Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869
EDWORTH is a parish, 3½ miles south east from Biggleswade, and 5 north west from Baldock, in the hundred, union and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely.
Parish Clerk John Bryant
Buttanshaw Rev Henry MA rector
Kidman Edward farmer
Smyth Thomas farmer
Source: The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Biggleswade
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Shefford
- Poor Law Union: Biggleswade
- Hundred: Biggleswade
- Province: Canterbury