Harlington Bedfordshire Family History Guide

Harlington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1647
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Baptist

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HARLINGTON, a parish, with a r. station, in Woburn district, Beds; on the Midland railway, 5¾ miles S of Ampthill. Post-town, Toddington, under Dunstable. Acres, 1,815. Real property, £3,775. Pop., 529. Houses, 108. The property is not much divided. Woodend was the seat of the Astrey family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £143. Patron, Major C. Cooper. The church is decorated English; and consists of nave and chancel, with an embattled tower. Charities, £9.

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

Harlington, 5 m. N.E. Dunstable.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Parish Registers

Harlington Parish Registers 1602 – 1812

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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.

Bowyer, William (Bowyear), of Laytonstone, Essex, gent., bachelor, 21, and Lettice Wingate, spinster, 17, daughter of Francis Wingate, of Harlington, Beds, esq., who consents — at Harlington aforesaid. 30 May, 1666. F.

Collier, John, of St. Andrew, Holborn, London, bachelor, 22, and Arabella Wingate, spinster, 19, daughter of Francis Wingate, of Harlington, co. Beds, esq., who consents — at Harlington or Fleetwich, Beds. 12 Dec. 1670. F

Dell, William, of Westoning, Beds, gent., bachelor, about 23, and Elizabeth Wingate, of Harlington, Beds, spinster, about 18, consent of her uncle and relations— at St. James, Clerkenwell, or St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street. 16 Sept. 1672. V.

Peart, Thomas, esq., of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, bachelor, 21, son of James Peart, esq., of same, who consents, and Anne Astrey, of Woodend (?), co. Beds, spinster, 17, daughter of Sir Henry Astrey, deceased, consent of her mother, the Lady Mary Astrey, of same, widow— at St. Faith. 16 May, 1635. B.

Wingate, Sir Francis, knight, of Harlington, Beds, bachelor, about 22, and Mrs. Ann Fish, of Silsoe, said county, spinster, about 18, her parents dead, consent of guardian — at St. Giles or St. Martin-in-the-Fields. 8 May, 1672. V.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887