Felmersham Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Felmersham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire. Pavenham is a chapelry of Felmersham.
Other places in the parish include: Radwell
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1660
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Felmersham Parish Registers
Baptism Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register baptisms.
Felmersham, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1602-1885
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Felmersham, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1603-1895
Felmersham Parish Registers 1602-1812
The Felmersham Parish Registers 1602-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Felmersham Parish Registers 1602-1812 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 IX. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1934.
Felmersham Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.
Parish History
Felmersham
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FELMERSHAM, a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, 2 miles SW of Sharnbrook r. station, and 7 NNW of Bedford; and has a post office under Bedford. The parish includes also the hamlet of Radwell. Acres, 2,400. Real property, £2,039. Pop., 483. Houses, 110. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £177. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is early English, cruciform, and good. There are a Methodist chapel, a national school, and charities £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Felmersham, 6 m. N.W. Bedford. P. 531.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Radwell
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RADWELL, a hamlet in Felmersham parish, Beds; on the river Ouse, 6 miles NW by N of Bedford. Real property, £1, 137. Pop., 202. Houses, 47. There is a Methodist chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Radwell, 5½ m. Bedford. P. 204.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Shadwell
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Shadwell. P. inclu. in Felmersham Parish
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Swannell Jos., Radwell, Bedfordshire, farmer & cattle salesman, Feb. 2, 1830.
Historical Maps
OS Grid Reference: SP9904958633 (all-numeric format: 499050 258634)
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: 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