Stevington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Alternative names: Steventon
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
Parish registers: 1654
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Particular Baptist, and Primitive Methodist.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STEVENTON, or Stevington, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Bedford; on the river Ouse, 2 miles WNW of Oakley r. station, and 5 NW of Bedford. It has a postal pillar-box under Bedford. Acres, 1,950. Real property, £2,606. Pop., 606. Houses, 148. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £204. Patron, the Duke of Bedford. The church is ancient. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, a handsome school of 1863, and alms houses with £40 a year.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Stevington, 4½ miles N.W. Bedford. P. 602
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Registers
Stevington Parish Registers 1603-1812
Stevington Parish Registers 1603-1812 Bedfordshire parish registers by Bedfordshire (England); Emmison, F. G. (Frederick George), 1907-1995, editor – Archive.org
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Use for: England, Bedfordshire, StevingtonEngland, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Cemeteries ( 2 ) The monumental inscriptions of St. Mary, Stevington, Bedfordshire, 1713-1914 Author: Matthews, A. Weight (Arthur Weight), 1865-1937; Bedfordshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Steventon (Bedfordshire) The monumental inscriptions of West End Baptist, Stevington, Bedfordshire, 1781-1900 Author: Matthews, A. Weight (Arthur Weight), 1865-1937; Bedfordshire Family History Society; West End Chapel (Steventon, Bedfordshire : Baptist)England, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Census ( 1 ) Census returns for Stevington, 1841-1891 Author: Great Britain. Census OfficeEngland, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Church history ( 1 ) Stevington Baptist Meeting, 1655-1955 Author: Tibbutt, H. G.; Payne, Ernest A.England, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Church records ( 3 ) Bishop’s transcripts for Steventon, 1603-1854 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Steventon (Bedfordshire) Churchwardens accounts and vestry records, and overseers of the poor rate, apprentice, guardians, charities, and misc. records, 1640-1904 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Steventon (Bedfordshire) Parish registers for Steventon, 1654-1983 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Steventon (Bedfordshire)England, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Church records – Indexes ( 1 ) Computer printout of Stevington, Bedford, EnglandEngland, Bedfordshire, Steventon – History ( 1 ) Fred and May Bowyer, an account of their life and times in the village of Harrold; some notes on the village and a reference to their forebears of Bletsoe and Stevington Author: Bowyer, Geoffrey A.England, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Manors – Court records ( 1 ) Court records, 1749-1919 Author: Manor of Steventon. Court (Bedfordshire)England, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 ) Churchwardens accounts and vestry records, and overseers of the poor rate, apprentice, guardians, charities, and misc. records, 1640-1904 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Steventon (Bedfordshire)England, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Schools ( 1 ) Log books and admission registers, 1864-1983 Author: Stevington Council School (Stevington, Bedfordshire)England, Bedfordshire, Steventon – Taxation ( 1 ) Land tax assessments for Stevington, 1797-1949 Author: Bedfordshire (England). County Council
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OS Grid Reference : SP9881353333 (all-numeric format: 498814 253333)
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
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