Haynes, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Haynes, an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Alternative names: Hawnes, Hagenes (xi cent.); Haunes (xiii cent.); Haine (xiv cent.); Haunce (xv–xvii cents.)
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1596
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HAWNES, or HAYNES, a village and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The village stands 3 miles W of Southill r. station, and 4 NE of Ampthill; and has a post-office under Bedford.
The parish comprises 2,561 acres. Real property, £3,990. Pop., 932. Houses, 196. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Newdegates, passed to the Carterets, and belongs now to Lord John Thynne. Grange Farm belonged to Chicksands priory; and is an interesting old edifice, with a fine staircase.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £500. Patron, Sir George R. Osborn, Bart. The church is early decorated English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; contains the vault of the Carteret family; and was restored in 1850. There is a national 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
Haynes, 3½ m. N.E. Selsoe. P. 913.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
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.
Fage, George, of Norton, co. Hereford, gent., and Anne Yealinge, of Hauns, co. Beds. 14 Feb. 1571/2. F.
Felton, Timothy, of the Hawnes, co. Beds, gent., bachelor, 27, and Susan Watson, spinster, 21, daughter of William Watson, late of Hawnes, gent., deceased, and her mother also, she remaining in the parish of St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London, at her own disposal — at St. Mary aforesaid. 30 Jan. 1632/3. F
Love, John, of the Inner Temple, London, gent., and Mary Newdigate, spinster, of St. Sepulchre, daughter of Robert Newdigate, late of Hawnes, co. Bedford, deceased, gen. lic, 7 Dec. 1587. B.
Winch, Richard, of Hawnes, co. Beds, esq., bachelor, 26, and Dorothy Browne, spinster, 27, daughter of Sir Samuel Browne, knight, of Arlsley, said county, who consents — at Arsley or Clifton, said county. 30 Sept. 1661. F.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Quarter Sessions Rolls
The following have been extracted from the Notes & Extracts from the Bedfordshire County Records comprised in the Quarter Sessions Rolls from 1714 to 1832 compiled by Messrs. Hardy & Page, Record Agents
1732 18th September. Information of William Osborne, of Wilshamstead. That Mr. John Gardener, of Wilshamstead, on the 4th of September last hired the informant at statute sessions, in the parish of Hawnes, to serve him in the business of husbandry for a twelvemonth from Michaelmas next; to confirm which hiring he, the said Gardener gave
to the informant one shilling as earnest, but on the 13th September the informant went to the said Mr. Gardener and desired him to take back his earnest which he promised to do if the informant would bring it that day or the next. On the evening of Wednesday the informant brought the said money to the said Gardener, who not only refused to take it but also assaulted the said informant.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Directories
Kelly’s Directory of the Wine and Spirit Trades, with which are included Brewers and Maltsters 1884
Marked thus * are Small Brewers who brew the beer they sell.
HAYNES, Bedford
Brewer
Allen Joseph North Wood end *
Source: The Post office directory of the brewers and maltsters [afterw.] Kelly’s directory of the wine and spirit trades, with which are included brewers and maltsters By Kelly’s directories, ltd. 1884
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Ampthill
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Fleete
- Poor Law Union: Ampthill
- Hundred: Flitt
- Province: Canterbury