Bedfordshire Parish Registers
PARISH BAPTISMS BANNS MARRIAGES BURIALS Ampthill 1813-1921 1847-1931 1813-1928 1813-1956 Arlesey 1829-1925 None 1813-1926 1813-1938 Aspley Guise 1813-1920 1858-1926 1813-1922 1813-1976 Astwick 1938-1981 1755-1926 1755-1981 1819-1982 Barford, 1813-1973 1848-1896 1813-1976 1845-1938 Great Barford, Little 1813-1972 1891-1963 1813-1965 1813-1982 Barton 1813-1920 1775-1819 1813-1921 1813-1932 1896-1928 Battlesden None 1811-1850 1807-1927 1815-1981 Bedford 1895-1970 1940-1993 1916-1992 None - All Saints Bedford 1841-1974 1860-1974 1860-1974 1841-1921 - Holy Trinity Bedford 1915-1983 None 1922-1982 1965-1983 - St Andrew Bedford 1813-1968 1912-1973 1813-1974 1813-1857 - St Cuthbert 1961-1963 Bedford 1813-1982 1755-1968 1755-1982 1813-1855 - St John Bedford 1889-1982 1914-1964 1914-1974 None - St Leonard Bedford 1896-1956 1897-1965 1897-1970 None - St Martin Bedford 1813-1972 1802-1864 1813-1969 1813-1895 - St Mary 1864-1973 Bedford 1934-1981 1947-1992 1948-1977 None - St Michael and All Angels Bedford 1813-1950 1790-1989 1790-1944 1813-1968 - St Paul Bedford 1813-1981 1753-1958 1813-1965 1813-1879 - St Peter Biddenham 1806-1969 1754-1919 1754-1973 1806-1937 Biggleswade 1813-1974 1823-1865 1813-1972 1813-1942 1925-1983 Billington 1813-1904 1842-1899 1842-1931 1813-1982 Biscot 1866-1928 1894-1931 1868-1930 1870-1973 Bletsoe 1799-1984 1755-1806 1755-1974 1799-1925 1823-1959 Blunham 1758-1917 1754-1901 1754-1925 1708-1943 Bolnhurst 1813-1986 1764-1974 1813-1993 1813-1995 Bromham 1763-1966 1760-1815 1735-1974 1763-1810 1823-1961 1813-1933 Caddington 1813-1911 1754-1929 1813-1926 1813-1965 Campton 1813-1913 1754-1925 1754-1920 1813-1969 Bedfordshire Parish Registers
PARISH BAPTISMS BANNS MARRIAGES BURIALS Cardington 1813-1955 1754-1939 1754-1948 1757-1776 1813-1952 Carlton 1813-1923 1890-1957 1813-1982 1813-1992 Chalgrave 1813-1887 1823-1896 1813-1908 1813-1982 Chellington 1813-1967 1823-1917 1813-1964 1836-1982 Clapham 1807-1961 1754-1807 1754-1975 1807-1932 1824-1976 Clifton 1783-1798 1754-1788 1754-1906 1813-1928 1805-1888 1824-1929 Clophill 1813-1924 1840-1890 1754-1928 1813-1891 Cockayne 1784-1983 1825-1949 1754-1978 1813-1980 Hatley Colmworth 1813-1932 1754-1806 1754-1806 1813-1913 1825-1878 1813-1979 Cople 1813-1947 1818-1915 1813-1933 1813-1947 Cranfield 1813-1973 1842-1972 1824-1981 1813-1953 Dean 1813-1982 1887-1937 1813-1981 1813-1983 1940-1983 Dunstable 1813-1931 1803-1813 1813-1930 1813-1903 - St Peter 1824-1908 Dunton 1813-1944 1823-1954 1813-1982 1813-1911 East Hyde 1842-1901 1859-1933 1839-1920 1842-1982 Eaton Bray 1831-1925 1844-1867 1813-1913 1813-1982 Eaton Socon 1813-1989 1956-1986 1813-1980 1813-1925 Edworth 1813-1972 1756-1812 1756-1971 1813-1972 1932-1971 Eggington 1813-1939 None 1844-1914 1813-1981 Elstow 1813-1962 1754-1978 1813-1965 1813-1984 Eversholt 1813-1929 1798-1802 1754-1928 1813-1937 1824-1894 Eyeworth 1813-1993 1824-1897 1813-1982 1813-1993 1982-1984 Farndish 1813-1966 1931-1965 1813-1965 1814-1944 Felmersham 1763-1935 1756-1812 1756-1983 1813-1919 1823-1970 Flitton 1813-1895 1769-1817 1754-1920 1813-1927 1823-1909 Flitwick 1813-1921 1755-1799 1755-1933 1813-1929 Goldington 1813-1978 1754-1961 1813-1980 1813-1960 Gravenhurst, None None 1813-1877 1813-1983 Lower Gravenhurst, 1813-1913 1824-1878 1813-1933 1813-1901 Upper Harlington 1813-1979 1824-1925 1813-1983 1813-1992 Harrold 1813-1990 1824-1978 1813-1994 1813-1991 Bedfordshire Parish Registers
PARISH BAPTISMS BANNS MARRIAGES BURIALS Haynes 1764-1987 1754-1793 1754-1992 1764-1989 1825-1946 Heath and 1813-1903 1826-1897 1826-1902 1813-1836 Reach 1850-1954 Henlow 1813-1918 1897-1929 1813-1923 1813-1930 Higham None None 1814-1886 1814-1980 Gobion Hockliffe 1813-1916 1754-1801 1754-1889 1813-1887 1825-1835 1891-1933 1843-1891 Houghton 1797-1975 1754-1794 1754-1964 1797-1947 Conquest 1824-1983 1966-1985 Houghton 1813-1927 1869-1930 1813-1926 1813-1959 Regis Hulcote 1813-1939 None 1814-1877 1814-1938 Husborne 1813-1892 1754-1817 1754-1915 1813-1983 Crawley 1823-1933 Kempston 1762-1970 1805-1922 1754-1984 1678-1750 - All Saints 1929-1985 1762-1959 Kempston 1868-1940 None None None - St John Kempson 1887-1940 None None None - St Stephen Kempston 1940-1979 None 1948-1981 1949-1982 - Transfiguration Kensworth 1813-1908 1754-1800 1754-1914 1813-1983 1823-1914 Keysoe 1793-1983 1754-1812 1754-1993 1813-1983 1823-1952 Knotting 1777-1812 1823-1919 1754-1941 1777-1812 1814-1981 1814-1982 Langford 1813-1964 1754-1812 1754-1991 1813-1992 1823-1976 Leighton 1813-1928 1806-1827 1806-1931 1813-1963 Buzzard 1841-1888 - All Saints 1921-1930 Leighton 1868-1924 None None None Buzzard - St Andrew Lidlington 1813-1909 1823-1906 1813-1931 1813-1942 Luton 1860-1931 None 1860-1930 None - Christ Church Luton 1887-1939 1934-1943 1934-1941 None - St Andrew Luton 1936-1944 None None None - St Christopher Bedfordshire Parish Registers
PARISH BAPTISMS BANNS MARRIAGES BURIALS Luton 1813-1872 None 1813-1949 1813-1904 - St Mary (no burials after 1904) Luton 1877-1948 1945-1946 1877-1939 None - St Matthew 1954-1963 Luton 1895-1944 None 1899-1942 None - St Paul Luton 1913-1928 None None None - St Peter Luton 1884-1926 None 1898-1928 None - St Saviour Marston 1813-1942 1879-1977 1813-1971 1813-1946 Moretaine Maulden 1813-1926 1823-1921 1813-1924 1813-1876 Melchbourne 1813-1982 1823-1982 1813-1892 1813-1982 1895-1979 1982 Meppershall 1813-1904 1823-1923 1813-1932 1813-1904 Millbrook 1813-1898 1756-1800 1756-1910 1813-1899 Milton Bryan 1813-1896 1754-1806 1754-1806 1813-1983 1823-1868 1808-1936 Milton Ernest 1783-1991 1754-1825 1754-1984 1783-1984 1832-1950 Northill 1813-1983 1816-1941 1813-1971 1813-1983 Oakley 1791-1928 1794-1815 1754-1987 1813-1914 1823-1976 Odell 1813-1992 1824-1983 1813-1983 1813-1953 Old Warden 1813-1983 1755-1813 1754-1983 1813-1982 1824-1969 Pavenham 1813-1983 1825-1908 1813-1976 1813-1983 Pertenhall 1813-1983 1754-1821 1754-1981 1813-1911 1824-1989 Podington 1813-1910 1754-1813 1754-1987 1813-1893 1824-1942 Potsgrove 1813-1862 1756-1819 1756-1922 1813-1979 Potton 1813-1983 1807-1961 1813-1980 1813-1948 Potton 1860-1973 None None None - Methodist Chapel Pulloxhill 1803-1907 1754-1816 1754-1913 1813-1879 1824-1914 Ravensden 1763-1917 1754-1821 1756-1985 1763-1978 18231978 Renhold 1760-1970 1754-1821 1754-1992 1760-1983 1823-1950 Ridgmount 1813-1913 1823-1856 1813-1925 1813-1982 Bedfordshire Parish Registers
PARISH BAPTISMS BANNS MARRIAGES BURIALS Riseley 1790-1985 1754-1812 1754-1967 1790-1985 1823-1947 Roxton 1813-1996 1824-1891 1813-1985 1813-1972 Salford 1813-1891 1824-1932 1813-1912 1813-1953 Sandy 1813-1917 1873-1958 1813-1964 1813-1923 Sandy None None None 1891-1992 Cemetery Sharnbrook 1766-1971 1754-1812 1754-1974 1766-1959 1824-1884 1903-1941 Shefford 1902-1949 1874-1925 1873-1927 1906-1966 Shelton 1813-1990 1824-1982 1816-1951 1814-1983 1957-1977 Shillington 1813-1934 1754-1821 1754-1946 1813-1913 1890-1950 Silsoe 1846-1928 1846-1912 1846-1929 1846-1920 Souldrop 1858-1990 1757-1812 1757-1866 1813-1989 1824-1957 1868-1905 1908-1952 1954-1982 Southill 1767-1968 1754-1814 1754-1966 1813-1955 1823-1923 Stagsden 1813-1983 1823-1983 1813-1982 1813-1983 Stanbridge 1813-1908 None 1825-1923 1813-1900 Staughton, 1800-1983 1754-1945 1754-1995 1800-1995 Little 1985-1992 Staughton, 1772-1849 None None None Little - Baptist Church Steppingley 1813-1889 1853-1912 1813-1872 1813-1983 1874-1925 Stevington 1779-1963 1776-1978 17631935 1779-1983 1938-1991 Stondon, 1814-1917 1861-1930 1813-1915 None Upper 1918-1930 Stopsley 1861-1949 1863-1946 1862-1950 1862-1959 Stotfold 1773-1989 1754-1816 1754-1993 1773-1941 1823-1925 1941-1965 1972-1989 Stotfold None None None 1898-1991 Cemetery Streatley 1813-1870 1824-1890 1813-1881 1813-1978 Sundon 1813-1934 None 1813-1942 1813-1924
Bedfordshire Parish Registers
PARISH BAPTISMS BANNS MARRIAGES BURIALS Studham 1813-1964 1797-1813 1797-1981 1681-1741 1865-1925 1813-1987 1931-1977 Sutton 1813-1983 1824-1971 1813-1982 1813-1983 Swineshead 1754-1983 1756-1811 1756-1811 1754-1980 1823-1983 1813-1851 1853-1981 Tempsford 1813-1924 1823-1906 1813-1917 1813-1882 Tempsford 1857-1975 None None None - Methodist Chapel Thurleigh 1806-1985 1754-1811 1754-1966 1806-1985 1823-1917 1919-1945 Tilsworth 1813-1938 1801-1921 1813-1924 1813-1963 Tingrith 1813-1872 1824-1888 1813-1912 1813-1977 Toddington 1813-1951 1823-1874 1813-1953 1813-1922 1896-1974 Totternhoe 1813-1895 1754-1812 1754-1912 1813-1884 1824-1927 Turvey 1813-1921 1824-1955 1813-1975 1813-1955 Westoning 1813-1905 1823-1902 1813-1905 1813-1942 1944-1978 Whipsnade 1813-1894 1801-1814 1801-1864 1813-1983 1858-1923 Wilden 1813-1845 1754-1775 1754-1893 1758-1939 1848-1982 1867-1868 1895-1982 1965-1983 Willington 1758-1929 1755-1812 1754-1983 1813-1982 1823-1991 Willington 1862-1992 None None None - Methodist Chapel Wilstead 1813-1983 1754-1985 1754-1983 1813-1986 Wilstead 1869-1994 None None None - Methodist Chapel Woburn 1813-1926 1838-1918 1813-1923 1813-1958 Woburn 1868-1930 1868-1933 1868-1933 1868-1983 Sands Woodside 1879-1935 None 1892-1932 1890-1983 Wootton 1813-1981 1846-1984 1813-1986 1813-1942 Wrestlingworth 1813-1987 1754-1812 1754-1937 1681-1730 1823-1982 1939-1993 1813-1994 Wymington 1813-1983 1755-1975 1755-1965 1813-1982 1974-1986 1986-1992 Yelden 1813-1981 1823-1957 1813-1978 1813-1983
Military Records
First World War
Title Location
The Great War Roll of Honour [Luton] L.LUT 940.467 Lists the names of men recorded on Luton War Memorial Family History
Home Guard List 1941 Eastern Command L 940.541241 Family History
Imperial War Graves Commission L. 940.467 The War Graves of the British Empire: the register of the Family History Names of Those Who Fell in the Great War and are Buried in Cemeteries and Churchyards in the Administrative Counties of Bedford and Hertford.
List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the Various R. 940.472 Theatres of War Between August 1914 and November Family History 1918.
National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918. Section V Luton L.LUT 940.467 Section XII Bedford and Northampton L. 940.467 Family History
Officers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919. R. 940.46741 Also available on CD-ROM Family History
Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1918. R. 940.467 Also available on CD-ROM 5th Floor Stack
Second World War
Army Roll of Honour – World War II: Soldiers Died in the Enquiry Desk Second World War CD-ROM
Imperial War Graves Commission R. 940.6 The War Dead of the British Commonwealth and Empire, 5th Floor Stack 1939-1945.
Roll of Honour Land Forces World War 2. R. 940.546741 Compiled by J. Devereux and G. Sacker Family History Projected series of 10 volumes to be published between 1999
The Roll of Honour [Luton] and Awards and Decorations. L.LUT 942.567 In: The Luton News. Luton at War. pp.388-422 Family History
Last updated 09 November 2005 Military Records
Title Location
SAINSBURY, J. D. R. 940.546 Hazardous Work: an Account of the Decorations and Family History Commendations Awarded to Members of the Home Guard in Recognition of Acts of Gallantry Performed on Duty 1940-1944.
SHORES, Christopher and WILLIAMS, Clive R. 940.544 Aces High: the Fighter Aces of the British and Family History Commonwealth Air Forces in World War II.
Miscellaneous Records
BARROW, Lt-Col T. J. et al. L. 356.1 The Story of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Local Studies 2 volumes. At the beginning of volume 2 is listed the names of the Colonel-in-Chief, Colonels of the Regiment, Commanding Officers of Battalions and citations for awards of the Victoria Cross, 1914-1958
Bedfordshire Muster Rolls 1539-1831: a selection of L. 942.565 transcripts with commentary. Family History BHRS, Volume 71. Edited by Nigel Lutt
Honours and Awards to Bedfordshire Yeomanry and L. 357.1 Artillery Units. Family History
A Record of the Honours and Awards to Officers and Men L.H. 357.1 of Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Units. Family History Compiled by Major J. D. Sainsbury
The Register of the Victoria Cross. R. 355.134 3rd edition, This England, 1997 Family History An alphabetical list of all the men to whom the Victoria Cross has been awarded between 1857 and 1982. It includes an account of the deed and a photograph of most of the recipients
Roll of Honour of Officers and Men of Hertfordshire L.H. 357.1 Yeomanry and Artillery Units Who Lost Their Lives on Family History Active Service in South Africa and in the Two World Wars. Compiled by Major J. D. Sainsbury
Last updated 09 November 2005