Pulloxhill Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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Pulloxhill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. James

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1553
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends

Adjacent Parishes

Pulloxhill 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.

Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1553-1907

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1571-1989

Death and Burial Records

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

Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire Burials, 1702-1940

Pulloxhill Parish Registers 1553-1812

The Pulloxhill Parish Registers 1553-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Pulloxhill Parish Registers 1553-1812 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 XXII. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1940.

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Pulloxhill Parish Registers 1553-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.

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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.

Nevile, William, of Messingham, co. Lincoln, bachelor, 34, and Elizabeth Hale, of Pulloxhill, Beds, spinster, 24, daughter of Thomas Hale, of Berkhamstead, Herts, gent., who consents — at Pulloxhill aforesaid. 22 Feb. 1671. F.

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

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PULLOXHILL, a village and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The village stands near the Midland railway, 3½ miles S E of Ampthill; and has a postal pillar-box under Ampthill. The parish comprises 1,760 acres. Real property, £2,919. Pop., 704. Houses, 136. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Countess Cowper. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £210. Patron, Countess Cowper. The church is good, and has a tower. There is a national school.

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

Historical Maps

OS Grid Reference: TL0607134033 (all-numeric format: 506072 234034)

View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.

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: Flitt
  • Province: Canterbury