Wrestlingworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Bedfordshire.
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1578
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WRESTLINGWORTH, a parish, with a village, in Biggleswade district, Beds; 2¾ miles ESE of Potton r. station. It has a post-office under St. Neots. Acres, 1,620. Real property, £2,441. Pop., 657. Houses, 139. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £150. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English and good. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £61.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Wrestlingworth Parish Registers 1578-1812
Parish Records
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Maps
OS Grid Reference: TL2584447714 (all-numeric format: 525844 247714)
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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: Biggleswade
- Province: Canterbury