Sharnbrook Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Sharnbrook is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1595
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Old Baptists, Calvinistic Baptists, Methodists
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Sharnbrook 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.
Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1596-1904
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1583-1936
Death and Burial Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.
Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Burials, 1602-1874
Sharnbrook Parish Registers 1596-1812
The Sharnbrook Parish Registers 1596-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Sharnbrook Parish Registers 1596-1812 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 XXIV. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1941.
Sharnbrook Parish Registers 1596-1812 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.
Watkins, James, of St. Margaret, Westminster, gent., bachelor, about 26, and Elizabeth Cobb, spinster, about 25, consent of her mother, Elizabeth Cobb, of Sharmbrooke, co. Beds, widow — at Sharmbrooke, Thurleigh, or Oakley, CO. Beds. 3 Feb. 1675/6. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHARNBROOK, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands on the river Ouse, near the Leicester and Hitchin railway, 7½ miles NNW of Bedford; is a polling-place; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Bedford.
The parish comprises 2,880 acres. Real property, £3,690. Pop., 867. Houses, 171. The manor belongs to Admiral Gambier. S. House, Colworth, and Waterside House are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and has a tower and spire. There are two Baptist chapels and a national school; and one of the chapels was enlarged in 1865. The sub-district contains six parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 13,683. Pop., 2,894. Houses, 593.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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