Flitton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1581
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include:
- Independent/Congregational
- Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
Flitton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FLITTON, a township and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The township lies on the river Ivel, 2 ½ miles SE of Ampthill, and 5½ ESE of Lidlington r. station; and has a post office under Ampthill. Acres, 1,025. Real property, £2,082. Pop., 597. Houses, 127.
The parish includes also the hamlet of Silsoe. Acres, 3,185. Real property, £5,930. Pop., 1,310. Houses, 277. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, 234. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is ancient and good; was much enlarged in 1835; and contains the burial-place of the Grey family, a monument to the fifth Earl of Kent, and a brass of Thomas Hill, who died in 1601, when 128 years old.
The vicarage of Silsoe is a separate benefice. Charities, £74.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Flitton, 41 m. N.W. London. P. 1363.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Selsoe
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Selsoe, 9½ m. S.E. Bedford. P. incl. in Flitton. May 13, Sept. 21.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Parish Registers
Flitton with Silsoe Parish Registers 1581 – 1812
Parish Records
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Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL0583635850 (all-numeric format: 505836 235850)
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Ampthill
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Fleete
- Poor Law Union: Ampthill
- Hundred: Flitt
- Province: Canterbury