Pavenham Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Pavenham is a chapelry of Felmersham Ancient Parish in Bedfordshire.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1576
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist. Wesleyan Methodist
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Pavenham 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.
Pavenham, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1561-1879
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Pavenham, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1561-1895
Pavenham Parish Registers 1561-1812
The Pavenham Parish Registers 1561-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Pavenham Parish Registers 1561-1812 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 IX. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1934.
Pavenham Parish Registers 1561-1812 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.
Crosse, Longworth, of St. Michael, Wood Street, London, gent., widower, 35, and Elizabeth Alston, spinster, 21, daughter of John Alston, of Pavenham, Beds, esq., who consents — at Kingsthorpe, co. Northampton, or Pavenham aforesaid. 5 Oct. 1661. F.
Lemon, John, of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, citizen haberdasher, and Mary Alston, of Pavenham, Beds, spinster, about 18, consent of father, John Alston, of same, esq. — at St. Saviour, Southwark, co. Surrey. 31 Oct. 1671. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PAVENHAM, or Pavingham, a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, 2½ miles N W of Oakley r. station and 5½ N W of Bedford; and has a post-office under Bedford. The parish comprises 1, 340 acres. Real property, £2, 905. Pop., 536. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Alston, Esq. Pavenham Bury is the seat of J. Tucker, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, J. Tucker, Esq. The church has aisles, S transept, and tower and spire; and contains very fine oak carvings. There are two Methodist chapels and a Church of England school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Historical Maps
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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: Willey
- Province: Canterbury