Ridgmont is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Alternative names: Segenhoe
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1539
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Calvinist Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RIDGMONT, a village and a parish in Woburn district, Beds. The village stands 1 mile SSE of a station of its own name on the Bedford and Bletchley railway, and 2¾ N E of Woburn; and has a post-office under Woburn.
The parish comprises 2,248 acres. Real property, £2,814. Pop., 1,029. Houses, 217. The manor and most of the land belong to the Duke of Bedford.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £233. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The new church was built in 1855; and is in the decorated English style, with tower and spire. The old church is now used only for burials.
There are a large Baptist chapel, a handsome Wesleyan chapel, a national school, a British school, and charities £70.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Cemeteries ( 2 ) The monumental inscriptions of the parish church of All Saints, Segenhoe, Bedfordshire Author: Bedfordshire Family History Society Ridgmont Baptist monumental inscriptions Author: Bedfordshire Family History Society England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Census ( 1 ) Census returns for Ridgmont, 1841-1891 Author: Great Britain. Census Office England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Church records ( 7 ) Bishop’s transcripts of Ridgmont, 1602-1852 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ridgmont (Bedfordshire) Church records, 1727-1815 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ridgmont (Bedfordshire) Church records, 1804-1836 Author: Baptist Church (Ridgmont, Bedfordshire) Church records, 1854-1944 Author: Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (Ridgmont, Bedfordshire) Churchwardens and overseers of the poor accounts, vestry minutes and charity records, 1717-1950 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ridgmont (Bedfordshire) Parish register of Ridgmont, 1539-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ridgmont (Bedfordshire) Parish registers for Ridgmont, 1539-1982 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ridgmont (Bedfordshire) England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Church records – Indexes ( 6 ) Computer printout of Ridgmont or Ridgemont, Baptist, Beds., Eng Computer printout of Ridgmont, Beds., Eng Computer printout of Ridgmont, Wesleyan Methodist, Beds., Eng Parish register printouts of Ridgmont, Bedford, England ; christenings, 1539-1761 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department Parish register printouts of Ridgmont, Bedford, England ; marriages, 1754-1812 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department Parish register printouts of Ridgmont, Beford, England ; christenings, 1762-1812 Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Manors – Court records ( 1 ) Court records, 1699-1831 Author: Manor of Brogborough. Court (Bedfordshire) England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 ) Churchwardens and overseers of the poor accounts, vestry minutes and charity records, 1717-1950 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ridgmont (Bedfordshire) England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Schools ( 1 ) Log book, 1918-1959 Author: Ridgmont Lower School (Ridgemont, Bedfordshire) England, Bedfordshire, Ridgmont – Taxation ( 1 ) Land tax assessments for Ridgmont, 1797-1949 Author: Bedfordshire (England). County Council
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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: Fleete
Poor Law Union: Woburn
Hundred: Redbornestoke
Province: Canterbury
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