Eyeworth, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Eyeworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Alternative names: Eyworth
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1650 (Free Online)
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604
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Adjacent Parishes
Eyeworth 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.
Eyeworth, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1538-1875
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Eyeworth, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1538-1875
Death and Burial Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.
Eyeworth, Bedfordshire Burials, 1767-1792
Eyeworth Parish Registers 1538-1812
The Eyeworth Parish Registers 1538-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Eyeworth Parish Registers 1538-1812 Bedfordshire parish registers by Bedfordshire (England); Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-1995, editor. The register is complete except for Burials, 1566-81, which were presumably missing in the original paper register in 1599.
Eyeworth Parish Registers 1538-1812 Bedfordshire parish registers by Bedfordshire (England); Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-1995, editor.
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.
Anderson, Stephen, jun., esq., bachelor, 20, son and heir of Stephen Anderson, sen., of Eyworth, co. Beds, esq., who consents, and Mary Glynne, spinster, 15, daughter of Sir John Glynne, knight, H.M.’s Serjeant-at-Law, of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, who consents — at …. 1 June, 1664. F.
Anderson, Sir Stephen, of Eworth, alias Eyworth, co. Beds, bart., widower, about 28, and Mrs. Judith Lawrence, of St. Helen’s, London, spinster, about 23, consent of father, Sir John Lawrence, knight, alderman of London — at Hackney or Islington, Middlesex, or St. Mary Axe, London. 5 April, 1673. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Historical Directory Transcriptions
Eyeworth The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869
EYWORTH is a small parish and village, 3 miles from Potton, 4 south from Biggleswade, 15 from Bedford, and 16 from Cambridge, in the hundred, union, and county court district of Biggleswade, rural deanery of Eyworth, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely.
Parish Clerk James Carter
Brown Simeon farmer
Franklin Edward beer retailer
Lines John farmer
Naylor William farmer
Sole Samuel carpenter
Tilcock George 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
EYWORTH, a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; near the boundary with Cambridge and Herts, 4 miles E by N of Biggleswade town and r. station. Post town, Biggleswade. Acres, 1,229. Real property, £1,385. Pop., 149. Houses, 28. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £96. Patron, Lord Ongley. The church is good; and there are charities £17.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
EYWORTH (All Saints), a parish, in the union and hundred of Biggleswade, county of Bedford, 4½ miles (E. by N.) from Biggleswade; containing 128 inhabitants. The manor belonged at an early period to the Leybourns, and was afterwards in the families of Charlton and Francis; in the reign of Elizabeth, Eyworth was the property and seat of Sir Edmund Anderson, lord chief justice of the common pleas, one of the judges who sat at the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. The parish lies on the borders of Cambridgeshire. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £6. 13. 4.; net income, £96; patron and impropriator, Lord Ongley. The church contains some interesting monuments to the Andersons and others.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Historical Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL2475245638 (all-numeric format: 524752 245638)
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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