Oakley Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Oakley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1560
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregationalist, Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Oakley 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.
Oakley, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1560-1879
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Oakley, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1560-1895
Death and Burial Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.
Oakley, Bedfordshire Burials, 1906-1906
Oakley Parish Registers 1560–1812
The Oakley Parish Registers 1560–1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Oakley Parish Registers 1560–1812 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 XVI. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1937.
Oakley Parish Registers 1560–1812 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.
Bassett, George, of Binlee, co. Warwick, husbandman, bachelor, and Elizabeth Silbee, of St. Giles-in the-Fields, Middlesex, spinster, daughter of one Silbee, late of Okeley, co. Beds, deceased — at St. Sepulchre, London. 25 June, 1617. B.
Mordaunt, John, of Okeley, Beds, esq., bachelor, about 30, and Elizabeth Gurnay, of Weston, Co. Northampton, widow, about 30 — at St. Mary, Savoy, Great St. Bartholomew, St. Andrew, Holborn, or St. James, Clerkenwell. 10 Dec. 1667. V.
Mordaunt, John, of Okeley, Beds, esq., bachelor, about 30, and Elizabeth Gurnay, of Weston, co. Northampton, widow, about 30 — at St. Mary, Savoy, Great St. Bartholomew, St. Andrew, Holborn, or St. James, Clerkenwell. 10 Dec. 1667. V.
Thacker, Robert, of Oakley, co. Beds, gent., bachelor, about 23, and Mrs. Anne Mordant, of same, spinster, about 20, consent of father, Charles Mordant, esq. — at Godmanchester, co. Huntingdon, or … . 24 May, 1667. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
OAKLEY, a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, near the Midland railway, 4 miles N W of Bedford; was damaged in 1823, in Nov. 1852, and at other times, by heavy floods; and has a post-office under Bedford, a station on the railway, and a very old five-arched bridgeover the Ouse.
The parish comprises 1,740 acres. Real property, £2,834. Pop., 443. Houses, 94. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Bedford. Oakley House is the residence of H. Russell, Esq. The Oakley hounds take their name from the parish, but are kennelled at Milton. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Bromham, in the diocese of Ely. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There is an endowed school with £35 a year.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL0074953650 (all-numeric format: 500750 253650)
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bedford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Clapham
- Poor Law Union: Bedford
- Hundred: Stodden
- Province: Canterbury