Everton, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Everton with Tetworth is an Ancient Parish partly in Bedfordshire and partly in Huntingdonshire. In 1844 the part of the hamlet of Tetworth in Bedfordshire was transferred to Huntingdonshire.
Alternative names: Everton with Tetworth
Other places in the parish include: Tetworth.
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1650
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
Nonconformists include: Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Everton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
EVERTON, a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; on the verge of the county, 1¾ mile NW of Potton r. station, and 4½ NNE of Biggleswade. It has a post office under St. Neots. Acres, 975. Real property, £1, 300. Pop., 248. Houses, 49. Everton Hall is a chief residence. An extensive tract of bog has been drained by steam power. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Tetworth, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, Clare Hall, Cambridge. The church is small. There are a national school and charities £6.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
EVERTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Biggleswade, and chiefly in the hundred of Biggleswade, county of Bedford, 4¾ miles (N. by E.) from Biggleswade; containing 233 inhabitants, and comprising 3470 acres. The living is a vicarage, with that of Tetworth united, valued in the king’s books at £6. 13. 9., and in the gift of Clare Hall, Cambridge, with a net income of £200. The church, which is in the county of Huntingdon, has been repewed.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Tetworth
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
TETWORTH, a parish in St. Neots district, Hunts: 3¼ miles NE of Potton r. station. Acres, 1,446. Pop., 261. Houses, 48. The manor belongs to the Hon. O. Duncombe. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Everton. The church is partly Norman.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
TETWORTH, with Everton, a parish, in the union of St. Neot’s, hundred of Toseland, county of Huntingdon, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Potton; containing, exclusively of Everton, which is in Biggleswade hundred, Bedfordshire, 235 inhabitants. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for £205, and the vicarial for £70.—See Everton.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Parish Registers
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.
Cary, Walter, esq., of Everton, Beds, widower, 46, and Elizabeth Wollaston, of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, widow, 38 — at St. Martin, Outwich, or St. Peter-le-Poor, London. 21 July, 1663. F.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Everton
Tetworth
FamilySearch – Birth Marriage & Death records, Census, Migration & Naturalization and Military records – Everton, Bedfordshire
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Bedfordshire Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869
EVERTON is a hamlet or township on the confines Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, and situated in the parishes of Everton and Tetworth, which are ecclesiastically united, and bare a common church standing in Huntingdonshire; but they belong to separate counties, districts, and unions.
The parish of Everton is wholly in Bedfordshire. The village is situated upon elevated ground, commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country, distant 2 miles north west from Potton, 11 east from Bedford, 6 north from Biggleswade, and 2½ from the Sandy station, in the hundred, union, and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of St Neots, archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Ely.
There is a National school for boys and girls, supported by voluntary contributions.
Parish Clerk James Jeffries
Post Office John Peck receiver. Letters arrive from St Neots at 6.40 am; dispatched at 5.50 pm. The nearest money order offices are at Potton, Sandy & St Neots.
National School (boys & girls) Mrs Judith Lawson, mistress
Horner Rev Joseph MA Vicarage
COMMERCIAL
Brashier John Thornton’s Arms & farmer
Brown William shopkeeper
Danes Jerome farmer
Danes Parker farmer
Folbigg Olney farmer Port Mahon farm
Gilbert William shopkeeper
Johnson John Butler Mrs farmer
Pressland Daniel farmer
Thompson Jeremiah baker & blacksmith
Source: The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869
Maps
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire; Huntingdonshire
- Civil Registration District: Biggleswade; St Neots
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of Lincoln and of the Archdeacon in the Archdeaconry of Huntingdon
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: St Neots
- Poor Law Union: St Neots
- Hundred: Biggleswade; Toseland
- Province: Canterbury