Riseley Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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Riseley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Alternative names: Risley

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1626
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Moravian. Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Riseley, Village
Riseley, Village

Riseley 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.

Riseley, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1602-1876

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register marriages and banns.

Riseley, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1603-1938

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of parish register deaths and burials.

Riseley, Bedfordshire Burials, 1602-1872

Riseley Parish Registers 1602-1812

The Riseley Parish Registers 1602-1812 are available free to read online, with options to download the pdf for personal research

Riseley Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 28. Bedford 1943.

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Riseley Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, F.R.Hist.S. Volume 28. Bedford 1943.

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RISELEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands 3½ miles NE of Sharnbrook r. station, and 9 N of Bedford; and has a post-office under Higham-Ferrers, and a police station.

The parish comprises 2,980 acres. Real property, £4,134. Pop., 1,026. Houses, 221. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord St. John. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £179. Patron, Lord St. John. The church is a fine structure; and comprises nave and double chancel, with porch and tower. There are chapels for Baptists, Moravians, and Wesleyans, and a national school. The sub-district contains also four other parishes. Acres, 13, 190. Pop., 2, 778. Houses, 594.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Historical Maps

OS Grid Reference: TL0396162606 (all-numeric format: 503962 262606)

View detailed 19th-century Ordnance Survey maps from the National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use maps. These maps reveal old street layouts, parish boundaries, and landmarks long since vanished.

Administration

  • County: Bedfordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bedford
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Eaton
  • Poor Law Union: Bedford
  • Hundred: Stodden
  • Province: Canterbury