Cockayne Hatley Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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COCKAYNE HATLEY is a parish and small village, bordering on Cambridgeshire, 3 miles east from Potton station of the North Western Railway, 6 north east from Biggleswade, and 9 south east from St Neots, in the hundred, union and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely1.

Status: Ancient Parish

Alternative names: Cockayne, Hatley, Hatley Port

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1701
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Cockayne Hatley Parish Registers

Search online indexed transcriptions of Bedfordshire baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials. Where surviving historic register books have been digitised, these are also provided as free downloadable PDFs. Together, these resources offer access to both modern searchable indexes and historic transcriptions of the original parish records.

Baptism Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register baptisms.

Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1602-1974

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.

Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1602-1974

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.

Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire Burials, 1755-1987

Cockayne Hatley Parish Registers 1602-1812

The Cockayne Hatley Parish Registers 1602-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Cockayne Hatley Parish Registers 1602-1812 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 II. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. 1931.

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Cockayne Hatley Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.

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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.

Upwood, Thorowgood, of Terrington, co. Norfolk, widower, about 40, and Elizabeth Cockayne Hatley, co. Beds, spinster, about 45 — at St. Andrew, Holborn, or … . 23 Dec. 1697. F.

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

Historical Directory Transcriptions

Cockayne Hatley The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869

COCKAYNE HATLEY is a parish and small village, bordering on Cambridgeshire, 3 miles east from Potton station of the North Western Railway, 6 north east from Biggleswade, and 9 south east from St Neots, in the hundred, union and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of Shefford, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely.

Parish Clerk, Charles Larkins

Astell Henry Godfrey esq Hatley house
Brickwell Rev Edward rector

Bates Joseph Mrs shopkeeper
Dawson George farmer
Folbigg Hen & Nimrod, farmers, Hill frm
Larkins Charles carpenter
Newman John farmer Church farm
Tongue Edward farmer

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

COCKAYNE-HATLEY, or Hatley-Port, a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; adjacent to the boundary with Cambridge, 2 miles E of Potton r. station, and 5½ NE of Biggleswade. Post town, Potton, under St. Neots. Acres, 1,161. Real property, £1,141. Pop., 126. Houses, 25. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £151. Patron, the Rev. H. Cust. The church is a neat edifice, in the Norman style, with a tower.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833

Cockayne Hatley, or Hatley Port, co. Bedford.
P. T. Biggleswade (45) 6 m. NE b E. Pop. 117.
A parish in the hundred of Biggleswade; living, a rectory in the archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Lincoln; valued in K. B. 8l.; church ded. to St. John the Baptist; patron (1829) Earl Brownlow.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. I; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.

Administration

  • County: Bedfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Biggleswade
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Shefford
  • Poor Law Union: Biggleswade
  • Hundred: Biggleswade
  • Province: Canterbury

1. The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869