Streatley Bedfordshire Family History Guide

Streatley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Alternative names: Streatly with Sharpenhoe

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. Margaret

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1693
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

• Primitive Methodists
• Methodists
• Baptists

Adjacent Parishes

• Pulloxhill
• Harlington
• Luton
• Sundon
• Higham Gobion
• Barton-le-Cley

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STREATLEY, a parish, with S. village and Sharpenhoe hamlet, in Luton district, Beds; 4¾ miles N by W of Luton r. station. Post town, Silshoe, under Ampthill. Acres, 2,287. Real property, £2,800. Pop., 341. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Sundon. The church is ancient but good. There are a Methodist chapel and a free school.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Streatly with Sharpenhoe, 3½ m. S. Selsoe. P. 345.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Parish Registers

Streatley Parish Registers 1602-1812

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Streatley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Streatley, 1602-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Streatley (Bedfordshire)

Churchwardens accounts and vestry minutes, and overseers of the poor accounts, 1765-1913
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Streatley (Bedfordshire)

Parish registers for Streatley, 1693-1983
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Streatley (Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Streatley, Beds., Eng.

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Historical geography ( 1 )
Streatley with Sharpenhoe
Author: Coleman, Stephen R.

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – History ( 1 )
Streatley with Sharpenhoe
Author: Coleman, Stephen R.

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Land and property ( 1 )
Documents of the Page-Turner family

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and vestry minutes, and overseers of the poor accounts, 1765-1913
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Streatley (Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Schools ( 1 )
Log books and admission register, 1883-1981
Author: Streatley County Primary and Junior School (Streatley, Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Streatley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Streatley, 1797-1946
Author: Bedfordshire (England). County Council

Bedfordshire Historical Directories

Maps

OS Grid Reference: TL0720528920 (all-numeric format: 507205 228920)

Administration

• County: Bedfordshire
• Civil Registration District: Luton
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
• Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
• Rural Deanery: Dunstable
• Poor Law Union: Luton
• Hundred: Flitt
• Province: Canterbury