Upper Gravenhurst Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Upper Gravenhurst is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St. Giles
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1567 see also Shillington
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GRAVENHURST (UPPER), a parish in Ampthill district, Beds; 3 miles SW of Shefford r. station, and 5½ E by S of Ampthill. Post town, Silsoe, under Ampthill. Acres, 385. Real property, with Lower Gravenhurst, £2,340. Pop., 337. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £50. Patrons, the Parishioners. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Upper Gravenhurst Parish Registers 1567 – 1812
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.
Sabine, John, of Lincoln’s Inn, bachelor, about 26, and Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, of Eyne, in the parish of Gravenhurst, co. Beds, spinster, about 18, consent of father, William Allen, of same, gent. — at Gravenhurst aforesaid. 24 July, 1665. V
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Bedfordshire Historical Directories
Maps
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Ampthill
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Shefford
- Poor Law Union: Ampthill
- Hundred: Flitt
- Province: Canterbury