Bromham, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
BROMHAM (or BRUMHAM anciently Bromeham or Bromehal) is a parish and beautiful village, situated on the north bank of the river Ouse and on the Northampton road, 3 miles north west from Bedford, 13 north east from Newport Pagnell, and 19 south east from Northampton, in Willey hundred, Bedford union and county court district, rural deanery of Clapham, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely1.
Parish church: St. Owen
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1570
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Bromham Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Baptism Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register baptisms.
Bromham, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1570-1812
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Bromham, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1572-1936
Bromham Parish Registers 1570–1812
The Bromham Parish Registers 1570–1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Bromham Parish Registers 1570–1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire. Published under the auspices of the County Records Committee of the Bedfordshire County Council, and of the Ven. the Archdeacon of Bedford. Volume XVI. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1937.
Bromham Parish Registers 1570–1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.
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
1731 14th January. Henry Staines’ Bill for the charges of Mary Barton, a vagrant, who died of the small-pox at Brumham in December last, 1730.
| For 14 days’ board of the nurse nursing her and washing up the linen | 7s 0d |
| For the vagrant’s board and lodging and firing in her room | 7s 6d |
| For soap and firing for washing the linen | 1s 6d |
14th January. Bill of charges of the constable of Brumham for Mary Barton, a vagrant, who died of the small-pox at Brumham in December, 1730.
| For 14 days’ hire of a nurse for the said Mary Barton | 13s 0d |
| Paid midwife for laying her | 5s 0d |
| For necessaries at her lying-in, and beer and sugar and other things with cordial | 10s 0d |
| Her coffin | 8s 0d |
| Parish dues | 2s 6d |
| Affidavit | 1s 0d |
| Hiring men for carrying her to the grave | 6s 0d |
| Beer at the funeral | 4s 0d |
| Paid two women for laying her out when dead | 2s 0d |
| £2 11s 6d |
Bill of charges of the said constable for a child of the said Mary Barton.
| For a woman nursing’ the child 14 days, and for eating | £1 0s 0d |
| Paid a woman for laying out the child | 1s 0d |
| Coffin | 4s 0d |
| Parish dues | 2s 6d |
| Affidavit | 1s 0d |
| £1 8s 6d |
Historical Directory Transcriptions
The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869
BROMHAM (or BRUMHAM anciently Bromeham or Bromehal) is a parish and beautiful village, situated on the north bank of the river Ouse and on the Northampton road, 3 miles north west from Bedford, 13 north east from Newport Pagnell, and 19 south east from Northampton, in Willey hundred, Bedford union and county court district, rural deanery of Clapham, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely.
There is a free school for boys and girls, with many other charities, supported liberally by the family of Lord Dynevor, the Rev A.J. Coleridge B.A., and parishioners. A noble school room, with house for the mistress, and all other buildings complete, have been erected by the Countess of Longford and the Hon Miss Rice Trevor, the two younger daughters of Lord Dynevor. The school is handsomely decorated with carvings, etc.; over the entrance carved in large letters: “Those that seek me early shall find.”
Parish Clerk William Crump
Free School (boys & girls) Miss Hinkin, mistress
CARRIER – Mrs White every day, if required
Dydevor Lord & Lady, Bromham hall; 19 Princes gardens, Kensington, London
Coleridge Rev Alfred James BA vicar
COMMERCIAL
Allen Thomas Crown
Biggs William & Son farmers & millers Bridge end
Ellis Henry shopkeeper
Garner Thomas road surveyor
Gibbins Henry farmer
Gibbins Robert farmer
Hailifax Alfred baker
Harrison Edwin superintendent of building works on the Dynevor estate
Harrison Samuel Swan
Harrison William builder on the Dynevor estate
Hebbes John shopkeeper Bridge foot
Henman Alexander farmer Bromham grange
Henman Mary Mrs farmer Bromham grange
King Henry carpenter
King Samuel farmer
Osborn Caroline Miss shopkeeper
Pruden John blacksmith
Rogers Alfred farmer
Swannell Thos Wm farmer Swan grn
Source: The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BROMHAM, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Bedford; on the river Ouse, 2 miles SW of Oakley r. station, and 4 WNW of Bedford. Post Town, Bedford. Acres, 1,798. Real property, £2,988. Pop., 361. Houses, 67. The property is divided among a few. Bromham Hall is the seat of the Trevors. A bridge of 25 arches crosses the Ouse at the village. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Oakley, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £336. Patron, Eton College. The church is very ancient but good; has a square tower; and contains monuments of the Trevors and the Dyves. There is a free school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851
Bromham, a parish in the hund. of Willey, union of Bedford, county of Bedford; 4 miles west-north-west of Bedford, intersected by the river Ouse, over which there is a bridge here. Living, a vicarage, with that of Oakley annexed, formerly in the archd. of Bedford and dio. of Lincoln, now in the dio. of Ely; valued at £8; gross income £339; in the patronage of Eton college. The church contains monuments of the families of Trevor and Dyne. There are a day and Sunday school in this parish; and a mineral spring. Pop., in 1801, 297; in 1831, 334. Houses 61. Acres 1,910. A. P. £1,996. Poor rates, in 1837, £190.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.
A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Bromham, co. Bedford.
P.T. Bedford (50) 4 m. WNW. Pop. 296.
A parish in the hundred of Willey; living, a vicarage in the archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Lincoln; charged in K. B. 8 l.; church ded. to St. Owen; patron, Eton College.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. II; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Historical Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL0059050743 (all-numeric format: 500590 250743)
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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
1. The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869