Milton Bryan Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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

Status: Ancient Parish

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

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

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].

Parish Registers

Milton Bryan Parish Registers 1559 – 1812

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 Records

FamilySearch

England, Bedfordshire, Milton-Bryant – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Milton Bryant, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Bedfordshire, Milton-Bryant – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts Milton-Bryant, 1602-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Milton-Bryant (Bedfordshire)

Churchwarden and overseers accounts and records, ca. 1400-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Milton-Bryant (Bedfordshire)

Parish registers for Milton-Bryant, 1559-1983
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Milton-Bryant (Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Milton-Bryant – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Milton Bryant, Beds., Eng

England, Bedfordshire, Milton-Bryant – Land and property ( 1 )
Documents of the Page-Turner family

England, Bedfordshire, Milton-Bryant – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwarden and overseers accounts and records, ca. 1400-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Milton-Bryant (Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Milton-Bryant – Schools ( 1 )
Log book and admission register, 1894-1983
Author: Milton Bryant Church of England Mixed School (Milton Bryant, Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Milton-Bryant – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Milton-Bryant, 1797-1946
Author: Bedfordshire (England). County Council

Bedfordshire Historical Directories

Maps

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

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

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