Lidlington, Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Lidlington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Alternative names: Litlington
Parish church: St. Margaret
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1560
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyans Methodist, Primitive Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Lidlington 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.
Lidlington, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1564-1875
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.
Lidlington, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1560-1889
Death and Burial Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.
Lidlington, Bedfordshire Burials, 1607-1868
Lidlington Parish Registers 1560-1812
The Lidlington Parish Registers 1560-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research
Lidlington Parish Registers 1560-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 29. Bedford 1944.
Lidlington Parish Registers 1560-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 29. Bedford 1944.
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LIDLINGTON, a village and a parish in Ampthill district, Beds. The village stands adjacent to the Bedford and Bletchley railway, 3 miles W by N of Ampthill; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Ampthill.
The parish comprise s 2,520 acres. Real property, £4,050. Pop., 845. Houses, 179. The property is divided among a few. The manor and most of the Land belong to the Duke of Bedford. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £174. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is finely situated; but, from the nature of the foundation, is unsafe. The churchyard contains a marble monument to Mrs. W.C. Bentinck. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and charities £45.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Lidlington, or Litlington, co. Bedford.
P. T. Ampthill (45) 3½ m. W. b N. Pop. 739.
A parish in the hundred of Redborn-Stoke; living, a dis. vicarage in the archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of Lincoln; valued in K. B. 11l. ; church ded. to All Saints.
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: SP9879139047 (all-numeric format: 498791 239047)
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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: Redbornestoke
- Province: Canterbury