Pavenham Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Pavenham is a chapelry of Felmersham Ancient Parish in Bedfordshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1576
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist. Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PAVENHAM, or Pavingham, a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, 2½ miles N W of Oakley r. station and 5½ N W of Bedford; and has a post-office under Bedford. The parish comprises 1, 340 acres. Real property, £2, 905. Pop., 536. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Alston, Esq. Pavenham Bury is the seat of J. Tucker, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, J. Tucker, Esq. The church has aisles, S transept, and tower and spire; and contains very fine oak carvings. There are two Methodist chapels and a Church of England school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Pavenham Parish Registers 1561-1812
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.
Crosse, Longworth, of St. Michael, Wood Street, London, gent., widower, 35, and Elizabeth Alston, spinster, 21, daughter of John Alston, of Pavenham, Beds, esq., who consents — at Kingsthorpe, co. Northampton, or Pavenham aforesaid. 5 Oct. 1661. F.
Lemon, John, of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, citizen haberdasher, and Mary Alston, of Pavenham, Beds, spinster, about 18, consent of father, John Alston, of same, esq. — at St. Saviour, Southwark, co. Surrey. 31 Oct. 1671. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Bedfordshire Historical Directories
Maps
OS Grid Reference: SP9884055447 (all-numeric format: 498840 255448)
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bedford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Clapham
- Poor Law Union: Bedford
- Hundred: Willey
- Province: Canterbury