Stevington, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Stevington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Alternative names: Steventon
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1654
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, and Primitive Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STEVENTON, or Stevington, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Bedford; on the river Ouse, 2 miles WNW of Oakley r. station, and 5 NW of Bedford. It has a postal pillar-box under Bedford. Acres, 1,950. Real property, £2,606. Pop., 606. Houses, 148. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £204. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is ancient. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, a handsome school of 1863, and alms houses with £40 a year.
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
Stevington, 4½ miles N.W. Bedford. P. 602
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Registers
Stevington Parish Registers 1603-1812
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.
Spackman, John, of St. George, Botolph Lane, haberdasher, bachelor, 23, his parents both dead, and Dorothy Taylor, of St. Martin-in-the-Vintry, 18, daughter of Robert Taylor, of Steventon, Beds, gent., who consents — at St. George, Botolph Lane. 22 Dec. 1613. B.
White, William, of St. Mary Wolnoth, cityzen and haberdasher, and Mary Dennis, of the City of London, spinster, 22, daughter of William Dennis, of Stevington, co. Beds, gent., who consents— at St. Leonard, Bromley, or Stratford, Bow, Middlesex. 31 Oct. 1637. B.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Bedfordshire Historical Directories
Maps
OS Grid Reference: SP9881353333 (all-numeric format: 498814 253333)
Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bedford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Clapham
- Poor Law Union: Bedford
- Hundred: Willey
- Province: Canterbury