Flitton Bedfordshire Family History Guide

Flitton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1581
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

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Independent/Congregational
Wesleyan Methodist

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Flitton

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FLITTON, a township and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The township lies on the river Ivel, 2 ½ miles SE of Ampthill, and 5½ ESE of Lidlington r. station; and has a post office under Ampthill. Acres, 1,025. Real property, £2,082. Pop., 597. Houses, 127.

The parish includes also the hamlet of Silsoe. Acres, 3,185. Real property, £5,930. Pop., 1,310. Houses, 277. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, 234. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is ancient and good; was much enlarged in 1835; and contains the burial-place of the Grey family, a monument to the fifth Earl of Kent, and a brass of Thomas Hill, who died in 1601, when 128 years old. The vicarage of Silsoe is a separate benefice. Charities, £74.

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

Flitton, 41 m. N.W. London. P. 1363.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Selsoe

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Selsoe, 9½ m. S.E. Bedford. P. incl. in Flitton. May 13, Sept. 21.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850

Parish Registers

Flitton with Silsoe Parish Registers 1581 – 1812

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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.

Cawood, Thomas, of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, gent., bachelor, about 40, and Susannah Daniell, of Fleeton, Beds, spinster, about 33, at own disposal — at St. Giles, Cripplegate. 14 Oct. 1663. V.

Chamberlaine, Henry, of St. Foster, London, silknian, and Anne Lare, of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, in said city, spinster, daughter of Charles Lare, of Flitton, co. Beds, yeoman — at St. Botolph aforesaid. 14 Jan. 1624/5. B.

Roberts, Thomas (subs. Roberds), of North Myms, Herts, gent., bachelor, about 27, and Mary Bigg, of Flitwicke, alias Flitton, co. Beds, spinster, about 22, consent of father, Thomas Biggs, gent. — at St. Ann, Blackfriars. 18 June, 1663. V

Rodes, Samuel (Rhodes), of St. James, Clerkenwell, esq., bachelor, about 27, and Mrs. Jane Blofeild, of Flitton, Beds, widow, about 30 — at St. Clement Danes or Great St. Bartholomew. 19 Nov. 1668. V.

Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887