Lower Gravenhurst Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Lower Gravenhurst is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1705
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
Lower Gravenhurst 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.
Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1602-1885
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Lower Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1612-1895
Lower Gravenhurst Parish Registers 1602-1812
The Lower Gravenhurst Parish Registers 1602-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Lower Gravenhurst 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 XIII. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1936.
Lower Gravenhurst Parish Registers 1602-1812 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.
Sabine, John, of Lincoln’s Inn, bachelor, about 26, and Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, of Eyne, in the parish of Gravenhurst, co. Beds, spinster, about 18, consent of father, William Allen, of same, gent. — at Gravenhurst aforesaid. 24 July, 1665. V
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GRAVENHURST (LOWER), a parish in Ampthill district, Beds; 3½ miles SW of Shefford r. station, and 5½ ESE of Ampthill. Post town, Silsoe, under Ampthill. Acres, 1,240. Real property, with Upper Gravenhurst, £2,340. Rated property of L. G. alone, £613. Pop., 60. Houses, 13. The property is divided among a few. There are extensive brickworks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £243. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was rebuilt, in 1400, by R. de Bilhemore; has a brass of him; and is good.
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 1851
Gravenhurst (Lower), a parish in Flitt hund., union of Ampthill, county of Bedford; 5½ miles east-south-east of Ampthill. Living, a rectory, formerly in the archd. of Bedford and dio. of Lincoln, now in the dio. of Ely; rated at £7 12s. 11d.; gross income £244. Patron, the Lord-chancellor. Tithes commuted in 1820. Acres 1,240. Houses 8. A.P. £1.435. Pop., in 1801, 48; in 1831, 77.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
Historical Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL1211434813 (all-numeric format: 512115 234813)
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Ampthill
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Fleete
- Poor Law Union: Ampthill
- Hundred: Flitt
- Province: Canterbury