Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Heath and Reach is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Bedfordshire, created in 1826 from Leighton Buzzard Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Heath
Other places in the parish include: Reach.
Status: Ecclesiastical Parish
Parish church: St. Leonard
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1813
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Soulbury Buckinghamshire
- Potsgrove
- Eggington
- Linslade Buckinghamshire
- Leighton Buzzard
- Hockliffe
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HEATH AND REACH, a chapelry in Leighton-Buzzard parish, Beds; on the Grand Junction canal, adjacent to Bucks, 2¼ miles N of Leighton-Buzzard r. station. Post town, Leighton-Buzzard.
Acres, 2,279. Real property, £4,214. Pop., 953. Houses, 212. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Col. H. Hanmer. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Leighton-Buzzard. The church is modern, and has a low square tower.
There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a national school, and charities £5.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HEATH, with Reach, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Leighton-Buzzard, hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford, 2 miles (N. by E.) from LeightonBuzzard; containing 856 inhabitants, of whom 561 are in Heath.
It comprises 2395 acres, of which 306 are waste land or common. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Leighton-Buzzard; net income, £98. The chapel, dedicated to St. Leonard, has been enlarged with 160 sittings.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
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.
Archer, Robert, of Middle Temple, esq., bachelor, about 26, and Mrs. Anne Ironside, of Heath and Reach, co. Beds, spinster, about 21, her father’s consent — at Dunstable, Beds, or … . 16 Dec. 1674. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Quarter Sessions Rolls
The following have been extracted from the Notes & Extracts from the Bedfordshire County Records comprised in the Quarter Sessions Rolls from 1714 to 1832 compiled by Messrs. Hardy & Page, Record Agents
1714. 11 25th August. Recognizance for the appearance of William Peel, Adam Buckett, and Henry Faunch, to answer for “setting or pitching a hay nett” and snaring hares, at the hamlet of Heath and Reach, in the manor of Leighton Buzzard.
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Leighton Buzzard
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – Lincoln, Post 1845 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1852 – None, Post – 1851 – Dunstable
- Poor Law Union: Leighton Buzzard
- Hundred: Manshead
- Province: Canterbury