Yelden Bedfordshire Family History Guide

Status: Ancient Parish

Alternative names: Yeldon, Yielden, Yielding

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1653
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Melchbourne
Shelton
Newton Bromswold
Knotting
Chelveston cum Caldecott
Dean

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

YIELDING, or Yelden, a parish in the district and county of Bedford; 4¼ miles ESE of Higham-Ferrers r. station. Post town, Higham-Ferrers. Acres, 1,912. Real property, £2,402. Pop., 286. Houses, 68. The manor belongs to J. S. Crawley, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £317. Patron, P. Bunting, Esq. The church is Norman. There are a dissenting chapel, an endowed school with £15 a year, and charities £10.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

Directories

Yelden Kellys Bedfordshire Directory 1869

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Vision of Britain historical maps

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: Stodden
Province: Canterbury

Adjacent Parishes

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

Parish Records

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