National Burial Index (Bedfordshire FHS)

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Transcription and conventions used

The transcription consists of 355,314 entries mainly from the period before 1851 and covering the County of Bedfordshire.

The index includes the following fields - there may be more information in the original record:-

  • Forenames.
  • Surname (in CAPITALS).
  • Date (separate fields for day, month and year)
  • Age at death (inf indicates an infant, generally under one year of age).
  • Place - sometimes called the 'parish'.
  • Description - usually the dedication of the church - but it may be the address of a non-conformist register or a cemetery.
  • Denomination - the denomination when the records were registered - not always a valid assumption.
  • County - Chapman code relating to place.

Note: where there is parish such as 'Anytown St Martin' (where the St Martin appears to be part of the placename) we also enter the Description (dedication) as 'St Martin'.

Coverage

The following places or parishes are included in this database. Note that there may be more than one church, chapel or burial ground in each place.

PlaceNo. of entriesYear range
AMPTHILL52001602-1852
ARLESEY26641559-1852
ASPLEY GUISE22721564-1851
ASTWICK4171565-1851
BARTON LE CLAY29571559-1851
BATTLESDEN4731603-1851
BEDFORD250821539-1934
BIDDENHAM14301602-1851
BIGGLESWADE73201604-1855
BILLINGTON3191611-1851
BLETSOE17591584-1851
BLUNHAM46661571-1890
BOLNHURST10171602-1851
BROMHAM15811570-1851
CADDINGTON50421558-1855
CAMPTON47221572-1851
CARDINGTON59041574-1852
CARLTON19181559-1851
CHALGRAVE21961540-1851
CHELLINGTON8411575-1851
CLAPHAM5481603-1852
CLIFTON20761545-1851
CLOPHILL33601579-1851
COCKAYNE HATLEY5761602-1855
COLMWORTH18131605-1851
COPLE25931562-1933
CRANFIELD60131600-1850
DEAN22141566-1851
DUNSTABLE77201559-1851
DUNTON21841553-1851
EAST HYDE471842-1852
EATON BRAY31851559-1851
EATON SOCON114541567-1925
EDWORTH5301552-1851
EGGINGTON2061813-1853
ELSTOW28621602-1851
EVERSHOLT26251602-1851
EYEWORTH7971538-1852
FARNDISH3391587-1855
FELMERSHAM18101602-1851
FLITTON & SILSOE44991583-1882
FLITWICK17601602-1851
GOLDINGTON19091559-1851
GREAT BARFORD25061564-1851
HARLINGTON17331602-1852
HARROLD34401598-1855
HAYNES28051597-1861
HEATH & REACH3271813-1852
HENLOW31781559-1852
HIGHAM GOBION1681673-1852
HOCKLIFFE15001604-1852
HOUGHTON CONQUEST34931539-1870
HOUGHTON REGIS41701538-1851
HULCOTE2691605-1850
HUSBORNE CRAWLEY29251558-1851
KEMPSTON62691570-1852
KENSWORTH16801604-1852
KEYSOE16941602-1851
KNOTTING4581603-1851
LANGFORD23221602-1851
LEIGHTON BUZZARD132631562-1907
LIDLINGTON34981561-1851
LITTLE BARFORD6701602-1851
LITTLE STAUGHTON13311598-1851
LOWER GRAVENHURST3381602-1853
LUTON175911602-1871
MARSTON MORETAINE43401602-1851
MAULDEN53101558-1862
MELCHBOURNE9721602-1851
MEPPERSHALL12691602-1851
MILLBROOK19181559-1852
MILTON BRYAN15101559-1852
MILTON ERNEST19621539-1851
NORTHILL43101562-1857
OAKLEY23641560-1851
ODELL18751602-1851
OLD WARDEN27061576-1893
PAVENHAM18631561-1851
PERTENHALL14281583-1851
PODINGTON16401602-1851
POTSGROVE5291559-1851
POTTON73071602-1851
PULLOXHILL19921558-1879
RAVENSDEN12211558-1851
RENHOLD12751602-1851
RIDGMONT22281539-1904
RISELEY29431602-1851
ROXTON21561602-1851
SALFORD10551559-1851
SANDY78401538-1858
SHARNBROOK21531596-1851
SHELTON7361604-1857
SHILLINGTON57051543-1851
SILSOE4071846-1882
SOULDROP6911602-1852
SOUTHILL66331538-1893
STAGSDEN23651602-1851
STANBRIDGE10491611-1852
STEPPINGLEY9541602-1851
STEVINGTON21181603-1909
STONDON1431604-1864
STOTFOLD28481563-1851
STREATLEY8501602-1851
STUDHAM19691570-1851
SUNDON13861584-1851
SUTTON21281538-1852
SWINESHEAD15011548-1851
TEMPSFORD22581602-1852
THURLEIGH25141562-1851
TILSWORTH9041602-1852
TINGRITH8871572-1852
TODDINGTON58901558-1852
TOTTERNHOE15311559-1852
TURVEY38891602-1883
UPPER GRAVENHURST9621568-1852
WESTONING22981562-1852
WHIPSNADE4871603-1854
WILDEN19811545-1851
WILLINGTON10921602-1854
WILSTEAD43221593-1939
WOBURN75941558-1861
WOBURN SANDS741704-1867
WOOTTON42551562-1851
WRESTLINGWORTH19791579-1852
WYMINGTON9931602-1852
YELDEN12271602-1851
Total (126)3553141538-1939

Checking

All the entries have been checked.

Grouping

There are no record groups in this database.

Abbreviations and Codes

The Chapman County codes have been used. The code for Bedfordshire is 'BDF'.

Contact details

For more information about the Bedfordshire Family History Society please see the web site www.bfhs.org.uk

How to buy

The second edition of the National Burial Index with 13.2 million burials and a flexible search program is available in a package of four CD-ROMS from many family history societies and GENfair, the online bookshop of the Federation of Family History Societies (Publications) Ltd.

All the parishes in Bedfordshire have been transcribed, initially by the renowned archivist F.G.Emmison, and have been published and can be found in some libraries. Bedfordshire FHS have produced a Parish Register Master Index (PRIME) on CD that can help locate your ancestors.

Copyright and disclaimer

© Trustees of the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

While every care has been taken in the preparation of the index users are advised to view the originals of the appropriate registers (or facsimiles thereof, e.g. microfilm) and to form their own interpretation. The Bedfordshire Family History Society accepts no liability for any errors or omissions that remain (although they would welcome notification of alternative interpretations of the registers.)

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