Henlow Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Henlow is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin: 1558
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Adjacent Parishes
Henlow Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Baptism Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register baptisms.
Henlow, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1556-1939
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Henlow, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1559-1957
Death and Burial Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.
Henlow, Bedfordshire Burials, 1754-1979
Henlow Parish Registers 1556 to 1812
The Henlow Parish Registers 1556 to 1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Henlow Parish Registers 1556 to 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 with the assistance of the Pilgrim Trustees. Volume XXVI. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1942.
Henlow Parish Registers 1556 to 1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.
Marriage Licences and Allegations
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.
Wheeler, Thomas, of Dunmow, co. Essex, gent., bachelor, 30, and Hannah Tayleure, sjiinster, 23, daughter of Grizell Tayleure, of Henlow, Beds, who consents — at St. Dunstan-in-the- West, London, or Lincoln’s Inn chapel. 23 Sept. 1673. F.
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
1737 20 April. Like Certificate for the dwelling house of Thomas Willson,
in the parish of Henlow, wheelwright, [is intended for a meeting place of Protestants dissenting from the Church of England. This part in brackets copied from above certificate.]
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HENLOW, a village and a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds. The village stands near the river Ivel and the Hitchin and Leicester railway, 2½ miles SE of Shefford; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Biggleswade. The parish comprises 2, 450 acres. Real property, £4, 781. Pop., 1, 011. Houses, 190. The property is divided among a few. Henlow, Warden and Lanthony manors belong to General H. Raynsford; and the De Grey manor belongs to the Conntess Cowper. Henlow Grange, the seat of Gen. Raynsford, is a fine mansion. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £265. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and has a fine tower. Charities, £8.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
HENLOW (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Biggleswade, hundred of Clifton, county of Bedford, 4¼ miles (S. by W.) from Biggleswade; containing 776 inhabitants. The parish comprises by computation 2190 acres, of which 1660 are arable, 340 meadow, and 190 pasture: the soil is partly light, and partly a strong clayey loam; the surface is flat, and watered by a small stream which flows through the grounds of the Grange. Straw-plat is made. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £9. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £265; impropriator, G. N. Edwards, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1795; the glebe contains about 17 acres. The church is a neat structure, in the later English style.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Historical Directory Transcriptions
Kelly’s Directory of the Wine and Spirit Trades, with which are included Brewers and Maltsters 1884
Marked thus * are Small Brewers who brew the beer they sell.
HENLOW, Biggleswade
Brewer
Whitaker John Henry
Maltsters
Fowler Francis
Hare John
Source: The Post office directory of the brewers and maltsters [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of the wine and spirit trades, with which are included brewers and maltsters By Kelly’s directories, ltd. 1884
Historical Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL1748838547 (all-numeric format: 517488 238547)
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Biggleswade
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Shefford
- Poor Law Union: Biggleswade
- Hundred: Clifton
- Province: Canterbury