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

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

Potsgrove Parish Registers 1602 – 1812 Bedfordshire parish registers by Bedfordshire (England); Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-1995, editor – Archive.org

Parish Records

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England, Bedfordshire, Potsgrove – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Potsgrove, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Bedfordshire, Potsgrove – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Potsgrove, 1602-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Potsgrove (Bedfordshire)

Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous, and overseers of the poor accounts and other records, 1773-1829
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Potsgrove (Bedfordshire)

Parish registers for Potsgrove, 1535-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Potsgrove (Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Potsgrove – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Potsgrove, Beds., Eng

England, Bedfordshire, Potsgrove – Land and property ( 1 )
Documents of the Page-Turner family

England, Bedfordshire, Potsgrove – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and miscellaneous, and overseers of the poor accounts and other records, 1773-1829
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Potsgrove (Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Potsgrove – Schools ( 1 )
Log book and admission register, 1873-1916
Author: St. John’s Parochial School (Potsgrove, Bedfordshire)

England, Bedfordshire, Potsgrove – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Potsgrove, 1797-1946
Author: Bedfordshire (England). County Council

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

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