Renhold Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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Renhold is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

HOWBURY HALL RENHOLD BEDFORD

Renhold 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.

Renhold, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1602-1885

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Renhold, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1603-1895

Death and Burial Records

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

Renhold, Bedfordshire Burials, 1633-1924

Renhold Parish Registers 1602 – 1812

The Renhold Parish Registers 1602 – 1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Renhold Parish Registers 1602 – 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 V. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1932. Contents: Roxton 1602 to 1812, Great Barford 1559 to 1812, Renhold 1602 to 1812. Date of publication: 1932.

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Renhold Parish Registers 1602 – 1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.

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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.

Becher, William, of Howberry, Beds, esq., widower, and Jane Clarke, of Watford, co. Northampton, spinster, 30, at her own disposal— at St. Bennet, Paul’s Wharf, London or … . 8 Aug. 1699. F. 

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

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RENHOLD, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Bedford; on an affluent of the river Ouse, 3¾ miles N E of Bedford r. station. Post-town, Bedford. Acres, 2,165. Real property, £3,336. Pop., 513. Houses, 92. The manor, with Howbury Hall, belongs to Capt. F. Polhill Turner. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £126. Patron, Capt. F. Polhill Turner. The church is mainly later English, with a tower; was restored in 1863; and contains an altar-tomb of 1510 to W. Wayte, and 4 ancient marble monuments to the Polhills and the Beechers. There are an endowed school with £28 a year, and charities £11.

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

Historical Maps

OS Grid Reference: TL0893252988 (all-numeric format: 508933 252989)

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: Bedford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Eaton
  • Poor Law Union: Bedford
  • Hundred: Barford
  • Province: Canterbury