Langford Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Langford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church: St. Andrew
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1717
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Society of Friends, Wesleyan Methodist and Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LANGFORD, a parish, with a village, in Biggleswade district, Beds; on the river Ivel, and on the Biggleswade railway, 2 miles S of Biggleswade. Post-town, Biggleswade.
Acres, 2,100. Real property, £4,192. Pop. in 1851, 906; in 1861, 1,086. Houses, 206. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Mrs. Rainsford.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £240. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is of the 14th century, has a tower, and contains a brass of 1520.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £13.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
LANGFORD (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union and hundred of Biggleswade, county of Bedford, 2¼ miles (S.) from Biggleswade; containing 840 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £8, and in the patronage of the Crown; present net income, £240 per annum; impropriator, M. E. Welby, Esq.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Church records
Births, burials, and marriages, 1646-1745
Bishop’s transcripts for Langford, 1603-1868
Parish register of Langford, 1602-1812
Parish register transcripts, 1602-1812
Parish registers for Langford, 1717-1979
Church records – Indexes
Computer printout of Langford, Beds., Eng
Schools
Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
Parish registers for Langford, 1717-1979
Court records
Court books, fee book, quit rents, and deeds, 1831-1939 Manor of Langford. Court (Bedfordshire)
Court records, 1675-1932 Manor of Langford. Court (Bedfordshire)
Census
Census returns for Langford, 1841-1891
Taxation
Land tax assessments for Langford, 1797-1832, 1915-1949
Maps
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Biggleswade
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Shefford
- Poor Law Union: Biggleswade
- Hundred: Biggleswade
- Province: Canterbury