Eversholt is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church: St. John the Baptist
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1628
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wesleyan Methodist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
EVERSHOLT, a parish in Woburn district, Beds; adjacent to Woburn Park, 2½ miles ESE of Woburn, and 3 ESE of Woburn Sands r. station. It has a post office under Woburn. Acres, 2,119. Real property, £4,285. Pop., 885. Houses, 202. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £600. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is old but good, and has an ancient font. An endowed school has £10; and other charities £132.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
EVERSHOLT (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Woburn, hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Woburn; containing 899 inhabitants. It comprises 2119a. 2r. 30p., of which 1181 acres are meadow and pasture, 722 arable, 49 in homesteads and gardens, 132 woodland, and 32 road. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £16. 11. 8., and in the patronage of the Duke of Bedford: the tithes have been commuted for £480, and the glebe comprises 65½ acres. A school is endowed with £10 per annum.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869
EVERSHOLT is a parish, in the hundred of Manshead, union of Woburn, county court district of Ampthill, deanery of Fleete, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese Ely, situated about two miles east from Woburn, on the borders of the park; the parish consists of several clusters of houses, called “Ends.”
Here is a National school for children of both sexes, also an Infant school.
Parish Clerk James Chapman
Post Office Samuel Harris, receiver. Letters arrive through Woburn at 7 am; dispatched at 5.15 pm. The nearest money order office is at Woburn
Schools:-
National, James Chapman, master
Infant, Miss Mary Armitage, mistress
Baker Rev William S., M.A. [rector] Rectory
Gisborne Mrs Church end
Green John esq MA Berrystead
Johnstone Capt W Hope, Rad’s end
Sandys Samuel esq Eversholt house
Smart William Lynn esq DL Linden
Stannard John esq Froxfield
COMMERCIAL
Bailey William blacksmith Whit’s end
Chance John beer retailer Church end
Crouch Edward butcher & beer retailer Rad’s end
Daniel farmer Potter’s end
Daniel William farmer Whit’s end
Farmer John gunsmith Church end
Gazeley John shoe maker Rad’s end
Godfrey William farmer
Goodman Thomas farmer
Goodman William farmer Water end
Green William farmer Tyrrell’s end
Harris Richard carpenter Church end
Harris Samuel shopkeeper Church end
Hensman William farmer Rad’s end
Inns Thomas Mrs farmer Whit’s end
Jones Fredrck shopkeeper Church end
Mapley Thomas beer retailer Rad’s end
Martendale Hen blacksmith Water end
Millard Thomas Falcon Rad’s end
Negus John butcher Church end
Pepper Isaac Roebuck Hill’s end
Pepper Wm beer retailer Church end
Pike James farmer Wake’s farm
Reddall Mary Mrs watch maker Froxfield
Rush Francis wheelwright Whit’s end
Side Mary Mrs baker Church end
Smith Ruth Mrs Green Man Church end
Smith Samuel currier Rad’s end
Watkins Richard farmer Bury end
Source: The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Woburn
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Fleete
- Poor Law Union: Woburn
- Hundred: Manshead
- Province: Canterbury