Marston Moreteyne Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Marston Moreteyne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Marston Pillinge
Alternative names: Marston Moretaine, Marston Mortaine
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic, Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists
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Adjacent Parishes
Marston Moreteyne 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.
Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1602-1885
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1601-1895
Death and Burial Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.
Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire Burials, 1601-1865
Marston Moreteyne Parish Registers 1602-1812
The Marston Moreteyne Parish Registers 1602-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Marston Moreteyne Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 44. Bedford 1953.
Marston Moreteyne Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 44. Bedford 1953.
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.
Poyner, George, of Codicott, Herts, gent., bachelor, about 25, and Mrs. Anne Farey, of Marston Moreton, co. Beds, spinster, about 18, and at own dispose, being one of the executrixes named in her mother’s will, and having proved the same in her own name — at Kensworth, Herts, or Cranfield, co. Beds. 24 Oct. 1677. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARSTON-MORETAINE, a village and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The village stands on a branch of the river Ouse, 1 mile W of the Bedford and Bletchley railway, and 3½ NW of Ampthill; was once a market-town; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post office under Ampthill, both of the name of Marston.
The parish comprises 4,171 acres. Real property, £6,586. Pop. in 1851, 1,183; in 1861, 1,270 Houses, 259. The property is divided among. a few. The manor belongs to H. Alington, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely Value, £1,130. Patron, St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church comprises later English nave and aisles, early English chancel, and a massive detached tower; contains two brasses of the 15th century, and a fine marble monument; and was repaired in 1865. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a new national school, and charities £60.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
MARSTON-MORETAINE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Ampthill, hundred of Redbornestoke, county of Bedford, 4 miles (N. W.) from Ampthill; containing 1147 inhabitants, and comprising 4171a. 2r. 21p. The females are employed in lace-making by hand, and in platting straw.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £33. 17. 3½., and in the gift of St. John’s College, Cambridge: the tithes have been commuted for £1120, and the glebe comprises 68 acres. The church is a very elegant structure, mostly in the later English style, and contains some curious brasses; the tower, which is of earlier date, and the walls of which are six feet in thickness, is detached. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
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.
MARSTON PILLINGE, Ampthill
Hop Merchant & Maltster
Brown 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
The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869
MARSTON MORTEYNE is a village parish, and railway and telegraph station, and was formerly a market town, 4 miles north west from Ampthill, and 7 south west from Bedford, in the hundred of Redbornestoke, union and court district of Ampthill, rural deanery of East Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely. The station here, on the Bedford and Bletchley branch of the North Western line, is usually called the Ampthill station.
Here is a National school for the education of 160 boys and girls, a Wesleyan Methodist and also a Primitive Methodist chapel. a Wesleyan Methodist and also a Primitive Methodist chapel The charities amounting to about £60 per annum are appropriated to apprenticing boys, and clothing and distributing food to the poor.
Parish Clerk, John Two
Post Office Stephen Two receiver. Letters arrive from Ampthill at 8.30 am & leave at 5 pm; letters also arrive from Bedford for Upper & Lower Shelton at 10.30 pm. Ampthill is the nearest money order office.
National School, Lidlington & Marston, George Andrews Ferraby, master; Mrs Harriett Ferraby, mistress
Railway Station William Robb station master
Bosworth Mrs Wood end
Stimson William Arthur esq
Tylecote Rev Thomas BD JP [rector & rural dean] The Rectory
Whitehouse Mrs Wood end
Abbott Samuel shoe maker
Armstrong Thomas Franklin farmer Lower Shelton
Baker Amelia Miss farmer Marston pk
Britten Alfred, Bell, Church end
Brown John farmer maltster & hop merchant Marston Pillinge
Burridge John blacksmith Calcut
Cook James corn merchant Church end
Duncombe George farmer Wood end
Duncombe William Goodman farmer Beancroft
Faulkner Daniel grocer Church end
Faulkner William shoe maker & beer retailer Upper Shelton
Foskett Robert Sugar Loaf Wroxhill
Franklin William brick maker & farmer Lower Shelton
Gray John, Morteyne Arms & posting house & coal merchant Marston Pillinge
Hariss James beer retailer & cattle dlr
Hart Thomas farmer Ashbrook
Hillson John fariner Pinchgut hall
Hillson Joseph baker
Jackson Isaac shopkeeper
Linetam Geo blacksmith Up Shelton
Manyweathers William shoe maker Lower Shelton
Munday John carpenter Wood end
Neale George farmer Church end
Negus Samuel farm bailiff to G Allen esq Upper Shelton
Randall John & William farmers Church farm
Randall James carpenter Church end
Readman James Benjamin farmer Marston Pillinge
Sanders William Three Horseshoes Calcut
Sheard John farmer Lower Shelton
Sinfield Ambrose tailor Church end
Smith James wheelwright & beer retailer Lower Shelton
Stimson William farmer Moat farm Church end
Stimson Wm jun solicitor Church end
Two Stephen shopkeeper Church end
Webb John farmer Wood end
Source: The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869
Historical Maps
OS Grid Reference: SP9954241525 (all-numeric format: 499542 241525)
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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: Redbornestoke
- Province: Canterbury