Milton Bryan Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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Milton Bryan is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Alternative names: Milton Bryant, Mydelton (xii cent.)

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Milton Bryan 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.

Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1559-1881

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.

Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1559-1895

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.

Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire Burials, 1639-1866

Milton Bryan Parish Registers 1559-1812

The Milton Bryan Parish Registers 1559-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Milton Bryan Parish Registers 1559-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 37. Bedford 1948.

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Milton Bryan Parish Registers 1559-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 37. Bedford 1948.

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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.

Stretton, Leonard, of Chigwell, Essex, husbandman, and Anno Tyler, of Woodford, said county, spinster, daughter of Richard Tyler, late of Milton Bryer, co. Beds, bricklayer, deceased — at St. Bennet, Paul’s Wharf, London. 14 April, 1604. B. 

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

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MILTON-BRYANT, a village and a parish in Woburn district, Beds. The village stands 2¼ miles SE of Woburn, and 4½ SE of Woburn-Sands r. station; and has a post office under Woburn. The parish comprises 1,480 acres. Real property, £2,118. Pop., 345. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. Two manors here belonged, at Domesday, to Hugh de Beauchamp and the Bishop of Baienx; went to Sir Francis Bryan and Woburn abbey; and passed to Sir Hugh Inglis, Bart. The Manor-House is the seat of Lady Inglis.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £252. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a white tower and a painted window; and contains a monument, by Chantrey, to Sir H. Inglis. There is a parochial school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Historical Maps

OS Grid Reference: SP9703330510 (all-numeric format: 497034 230510)

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Administration

  • County: Bedfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Woburn
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Dunstable
  • Poor Law Union: Woburn
  • Hundred: Manshead
  • Province: Canterbury