Thurleigh Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Thurleigh is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1573
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
THURLEIGH, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Bedford; 3¼ miles E by S of Sharnbrook r. station, and 5¾ N of Bedford. Post town, Bedford. Acres, 3,480. Real property, £3,103 Pop., 666, Houses, 147. The manor belongs to J. S. Crawley, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, J. S. Crawley, Esq. The church is ancient but good. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £16.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Thurleigh Parish Registers 1562 – 1812
London Marriage Licences and Allegations 1521 to 1869
The following have been extracted from London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869.
Abbreviations. — B. Bishop of London’s Office; D. Dean and Chapter of Westminster; F. Faculty Office of Archbishop of Canterbury; V. Registry of the Vicar-General of Canterbury.
Harvey, John (subs. Hervy), of Thurleigh, co. Beds, esq., bachelor, about 28, and Mrs. Sarah Buchanan, of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London, spinster, about 19, consent of father, John Buchanan, of same, gent. — at St. Dunstan aforesaid, St. Bride, or St. Andrew, Holborn. 2 July, 1677. V.
Source: London Marriage Licences 1521 to 1869; Edited by Joseph Foster; London 1887
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Bedfordshire Historical Directories
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: Willey
- Province: Canterbury