WHIPSNADE is a parish and village, 3 miles south by west from Dunstable railway station, on the borders of Hertfordshire, in the hundred of Manshead, union and county court district of Luton, rural deanery of Dunstable, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely1.
Status: Ancient Parish partly in Bedfordshire and partly in Hertfordshire.
Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1682
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
Nonconformists include:
Table of Contents
- Adjacent Parishes
- Parish History
- Bankrupts
- Parish Registers
- Parish Records
- Directories
- Maps
- Administration
Adjacent Parishes
- Studham
- Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
- Flamstead, Hertfordshire
- Kensworth, Hertfordshire
- Houghton Regis
- Eaton Bray
- Totternhoe
Parish History
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 Registers
Whipsnade Parish Registers 1603-1812
Parish Records
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Directories
The Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire 1869
WHIPSNADE is a parish and village, 3 miles south by west from Dunstable railway station, on the borders of Hertfordshire, in the hundred of Manshead, union and county court district of Luton, rural deanery of Dunstable, archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Ely.
Here is a Sunday school; but the smallness the population and the early period of life at which children begin to be employed by their parents in the straw plait business preclude the establishment of a day school.
Parish Clerk, Jeremiah Brandsom
Orlebar Rev John Charles rector
COMMERCIAL
Bailey Joseph farmer Short Grove farm
Birchmore George Heart & Chequers
Geary Henry farmer
Jones Stephen farmer
Perkins Henry farmer
Steaton Henry shopkeeper
Source: The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869
Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL0090117986 (all-numeric format: 500901 217987)
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| Vision of Britain historical maps | Map | OS maps |
| Ordnance Survey | OS maps | |
| Defra’s MAGIC service | Map | |
| National Library of Scotland | OS maps | |
| Old OS maps | OS maps | |
| Old-maps.co.uk | OS plans | |
| Where’s the Path? | Map | |
| SABRE Maps | Map | OS 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
1. The Post office directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire By Kelly’s directories, ltd 1869