Streatley Bedfordshire Family History Guide

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Streatley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.

Alternative names: Streatly with Sharpenhoe

Parish church: St. Margaret

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1693
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

  • Primitive Methodists
  • Methodists
  • Baptists

Adjacent Parishes

Streatley 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.

Streatley, Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1602-1883

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Streatley, Bedfordshire Marriages, 1605-1895

Death and Burial Records

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

Streatley, Bedfordshire Burials, 1602-1854

Streatley Parish Registers 1602-1812

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

Streatley Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire. Published under the auspices of the County Records Committee of the Bedfordshire County Council, and of the Ven. the Archdeacon of Bedford. Volume IV. Bedford: County Record Office, Shire Hall. Date of publication: 1931.

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Streatley Parish Registers 1602-1812 Bedfordshire Parish Registers Edited by F. G. Emmison, Clerk of Records, Bedfordshire.

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STREATLEY, a parish, with S. village and Sharpenhoe hamlet, in Luton district, Beds; 4¾ miles N by W of Luton r. station. Post town, Silshoe, under Ampthill. Acres, 2,287. Real property, £2,800. Pop., 341. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Sundon. The church is ancient but good. There are a Methodist chapel and a free school.

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

Historical Maps

OS Grid Reference: TL0720528920 (all-numeric format: 507205 228920)

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: Luton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
  • Rural Deanery: Dunstable
  • Poor Law Union: Luton
  • Hundred: Flitt
  • Province: Canterbury