Upper Stondon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1684
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STONDON (Upper), a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds; 1 mile W of Henlow r. station, and 2½ S of Shefford. Post town, Biggleswade. Acres, 575. Real property, £558. Pop., 66. Houses, 9. The manor belongs to Countess Cowper. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £125. Patron, the Rev. R. Hull. The church was rebuilt in 1857.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
STONDON, UPPER (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Biggleswade, hundred of Clifton, county of Bedford, 2¾ miles (S.) from Shefford; containing 38 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 6. 10½.; net income, £125; patrons, J. and T. Smith, Esqrs. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1820.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Upper Stondon Parish Registers 1602-1812
Parish Records
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Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL1464135669 (all-numeric format: 514641 235669)
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Administration
- County: Bedfordshire
- Civil Registration District: Biggleswade
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Bedford
- Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Ely
- Rural Deanery: Shefford
- Poor Law Union: Biggleswade
- Hundred: Clifton
- Province: Canterbury