Barton in the Clay Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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Barton in the Clay is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Alternative names: Barton, Barton-le-Cley, Barton-le-Clay

Parish church: St Nicholas

Barton in the Clay location:

  • British National Grid Ref: TL 08143 30897
  • BNG Eastings, Northings: 508143, 230897
  • Latitude, Longitude: 51.966043, -0.427327

Parish registers begin: 1558

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

BARTON LE CLAY Church End c1907
Barton-le-Clay Bedford Road
The Bull Hotel in Barton-Le-Clay.

Barton in the Clay Parish Registers

Search online indexed transcriptions of Bedfordshire baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials. Where surviving historic register books have been digitised, these are also provided as free downloadable PDFs. Together, these resources offer access to both modern searchable indexes and historic transcriptions of the original parish records.

Baptism Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register baptisms.

Barton in the Clay, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1559-1885

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.

Barton in the Clay, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1559-1895

Barton in the Clay Parish Registers 1558-1812

The Barton in the Clay Parish Registers 1558-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Barton in the Clay Parish Registers 1558-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire. Published under the auspices of the County Records Committee of the Bedfordshire County Council, and of the Ven. the Archdeacon of Bedford. Volume IV. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1931. Date of publication: 1931.

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Barton in the Clay Parish Registers 1558-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Barton-in-the-Clay, a parish in Luton district, Beds; on the verge of the county, 7 miles N of Luton r. station. It has a post office under Ampthill. Acres, 2,270. Real property, £3,400. Pop., 956. Houses, 210. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £400. Patron, the Crown. The church is ancient and good. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school with £50, and other charities with £33.

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 1840

Barton-in-the-Clay, a parish in the hund. of Flitt, union of Luton, county of Bedford; 3½ miles south of Silsoe. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. of Bedford and dio. of Lincoln, now in the dio. of Ely; rated at £26 9s. 7d.; gross in come £420; in the patronage of the Crown. The great and small tithes, the property of the clerical rector, were commuted in 1809. There is a Baptist chapel here. The parish possesses three daily schools, one of which is endowed with £32 per annum, and a Sunday school. Pop., in 1801, 448; in 1831, 720. Houses 146. Acres 2,270. A. P. £2,790. Poor rates, in 1837, £294.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Barton-In-The-Clay, co. Bedford.

P. T. Silsoe (40) 3 m. S. Pop. 608.

A parish in the hundred of Flitt; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Lincoln; charged in K. B. 26l. 9s. 7d.; church ded. to St. Nicholas; patron, the King. In this parish is a celebrated petrifying spring.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

Historical Directory Transcriptions

The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869

BARTON or BARTON IN THE CLAY is a pleasant village and parish, on the road from London to Bedford, 6 miles north from Luton, 7 south east from Ampthill, 7 west from Hitchin, and 31 from the Harlington station on the Midland Railway, in the hundred of Flitt, union and county court district of Luton, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely.

Post Office – Mrs Sarah Mullins, receiver. Letters received through Ampthill at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 4.40 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Ampthill

CARRIER TO LUTON & AMPTHILL – John Mead, daily

Blomfield Rev Arthur MA rector
Harris Mrs
Heley Mrs
Lee Mr William sen
Nash Mr Francis
Paull Gillman Churton Pring esq LRCP Edinburgh MRCS Eng
Simpkins Mr William
Waters Mrs
Waters Miss

COMMERCIAL

Allen John carpenter & baker
Allen Mary Mrs Rose & Crown
Arnold William farmer

Beechener Robert farrier
Bell John wheelwright
Bligh David boot & shoe maker
Brazier Philip baker
Burbidge Thomas farmer

Castleman Francis farmer
Chance James beer retailer
Chandler Thomas Mrs tailor & draper
Cheshire James beer retailer

Foxen James bailiff for the Barton estates

Hill George Mrs farmer
Hill William fruiterer
Hipgrave William miller
Hook William Bull & butcher

Lee William farmer

Lousley Asher farmer

Mann James butcher
Mead John cooper
Mead Simeon Coach & Horses
Mullins John Mrs grocer

Page William Oak
Paull Gillman Churton Pring surgeon
Peck Albert bricklayer

Simpkins George shopkeeper

Timms Frederick saddler
Timms George Mrs beer retailer

Ward Thomas plumber & glazier
Warren Poebe Mrs grocer
Whitehead John farmer
Wilson James blacksmith
Wilson Thomas wheelwright
Wright Charles corn dealer

Source: The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869

Historical Maps

View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.

Administration

  • County: Bedfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Luton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
  • Diocese: Post-1836 – Ely, Pre-1837 – Lincoln
  • Rural Deanery: Dunstable
  • Poor Law Union: Luton
  • Hundred: Flitt
  • Province: Canterbury