Sharnbrook is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1595
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Old Baptists, Calvinistic Baptists, Methodists
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHARNBROOK, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district and county of Bedford.
The village stands on the river Ouse, near the Leicester and Hitchin railway, 7½ miles NNW of Bedford; is a polling-place; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Bedford.
The parish comprises 2,880 acres. Real property, £3,690. Pop., 867. Houses, 171. The manor belongs to Admiral Gambier. S. House, Colworth, and Waterside House are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and has a tower and spire.
There are two Baptist chapels and a national school; and one of the chapels was enlarged in 1865.
The sub-district contains six parishes and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 13,683. Pop., 2,894. Houses, 593.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Sharnbrook Parish Registers 1596 – 1812
Parish Records
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Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL0019058656 (all-numeric format: 500191 258657)
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Bedford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Clapham
- Poor Law Union: Bedford
- Hundred: Willey
- Province: Canterbury