Renhold Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Renhold is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1654
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RENHOLD, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Bedford; on an affluent of the river Ouse, 3¾ miles N E of Bedford r. station. Post-town, Bedford. Acres, 2,165. Real property, £3,336. Pop., 513. Houses, 92. The manor, with Howbury Hall, belongs to Capt. F. Polhill Turner. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £126. Patron, Capt. F. Polhill Turner. The church is mainly later English, with a tower; was restored in 1863; and contains an altar-tomb of 1510 to W. Wayte, and 4 ancient marble monuments to the Polhills and the Beechers. There are an endowed school with £28 a year, and charities £11.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Renhold Parish Registers 1602 – 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.
Becher, William, of Howberry, Beds, esq., widower, and Jane Clarke, of Watford, co. Northampton, spinster, 30, at her own disposal— at St. Bennet, Paul’s Wharf, London or … . 8 Aug. 1699. F.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Bedfordshire Historical Directories
Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL0893252988 (all-numeric format: 508933 252989)
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bedford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Eaton
- Poor Law Union: Bedford
- Hundred: Barford
- Province: Canterbury