Whipsnade Bedfordshire Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1682
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Studham
- Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
- Flamstead, Hertfordshire
- Kensworth, Hertfordshire
- Houghton Regis
- Eaton Bray
- Totternhoe
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WHIPSNADE, a parish in Luton district, Beds; 3 miles S by W of Dunstable r. station. Post town, Dunstable. Acres, 1,205. Real property, £1,391. Pop., 195. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £200. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was restored and enlarged in 1860.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Fawcett Thomas, Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, cattle dealer, Feb. 17, 1843.
Parish Records
Birth Marriage and Death Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Grave Indexes
Migration and Naturalisation Records
Migration Records at FamilySearch
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Census Records
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales National Register, 1939
Probate and Court Records
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
Military Records
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
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: Manshead
Province: Canterbury