Potsgrove is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Alternative names: Pottesgrove
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1663
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist, Primitive Methodist, Congregationalists
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Adjacent Parishes
- Soulbury, Buckinghamshire
- Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
- Milton Bryan
- Battlesden
- Woburn
- Heath and Reach
- Hockliffe
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
POTSGROVE, a parish in Woburn district, Beds; 2 miles S of Woburn, and 4¼ S by E of Woburn-Sands r.station. Post-town, Woburn. Acres, 1,385. Real property, £1,993. Pop., 298. Houses, 66. The property is divided among three. The manor belongs to Sir E. P. Turner-Bart. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Battlesden, in diocese of Ely. The church is modern. Charities, £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Potsgrove Parish Registers 1602 – 1812
Parish Records
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Maps
OS Grid Reference: SP9506028896 (all-numeric format: 495061 228897)
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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: Dunstable
- Poor Law Union: Woburn
- Hundred: Manshead
- Province: Canterbury