PARISHES AND HAMLETS
| Parish/Hamlet | Year 1st PR | Hundred | Poor Law Union | Notes |
| Aley Green | Hamlet in Caddington | |||
| Ampthill | 1604 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Arlesey | 1604 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Aspley Guise | 1563 | Clifton | Biggleswade | A small portion was in Buckinghamshire, transferred to Ampthill Union 26 Sep 1899 |
| Aspley Heath | 1883/5 | Manshead & Newport Pagnell | Woburn | Civil parish only, transferred to Ampthill Union 26 Sep 1899, created from part of Aspley Guise (1883) and Wavendon, Bucks (1885) |
| Astwick | 1564 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Barford, Great | 1559 | Barford | Bedford | |
| Barford, Little | 1661 | Biggleswade | St Neots | Transferred to the Bedford Registration District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Barton in the Clay | 1558 | Flitt | Luton | Renamed Barton-le-Clay 1956 |
| Barworth | Hamlet in Studham | |||
| Battlesden | 1677 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union 26 Sep 1899 |
| Bedford, All Saints | 1895 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, Christ Church | 1920 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, Holy Trinity | 1841 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, St Andrew | 1915 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, St Cuthbert | 1607 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford | |
| Bedford, St John | 1669 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford | |
| Bedford, St Leonard | 1889 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, St Mark | 1983 | Reg District Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, St Martin | 1896 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, St Mary | 1539 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford | |
| Bedford, St Michael | 1934 | Reg District Bedford | Borough of Bedford, Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Bedford, St Paul | 1565 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford | |
| Bedford, St Peter | 1572 | Bedford | Borough of Bedford | |
| Beeston | Hamlet in Sandy/Northill | |||
| Biddenham | 1663 | Willey | Bedford | Part transferred for civil purposes to Bedford in 1933 |
| Bidwell | Hamlet in Houghton Regis | |||
| Biggleswade | 1697 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | Peculiar parish |
| Billington | 1653 | Manshead | Leighton Buzzard | Peculiar parish, civil parish created 1866 |
| Biscot (Bishopcote) | see Limbury-cum-Biscot | |||
| Bletsoe | 1582 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Blunham | 1571 | Wixamtree | Biggleswade | |
| Bolnhurst | 1685 | Stodden | Bedford | |
| Bolnhurst & Keysoe | 1933/4 | Civil parish only created from Bolnhurst & Keysoe | ||
| Brogborough | 1989 | Civil parish only created from Husborne Crawley & Ridgmont | ||
| Bromham | 1570 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Broom | Hamlet in Southill | |||
| Budna | Hamlet in Northill | |||
| Bushmead | Hamlet in Eaton Socon | |||
| Caddington | 1558 | Dacorum & Flitt | Luton | Transferred to Dunstable Reg. District on 1 Apr 1964; was partly in Herts until 1894/7; part trf. To Luton in 1928 & 1993 when part trf. To Dunstable |
| Caddington & Slip End | 1933 | Created as a civil parish 1933 when part of the ecclesiastical parish transferred to Luton | ||
| Cainhoe | Hamlet in Clophill | |||
| Caldecote | 1928 | Former hamlet in Northill became Ecclesiastical parish in 1928 | ||
| Campton | 1568 | Clifton | Biggleswade | |
| Campton & Chicksands | 1985 | Created from Campton and Chicksands in 1985 | ||
| Cardington | 1572 | Wixamtree | Bedford | Transferred to Bedford Registration District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Carlton | 1554 | Willey | Bedford | Carlton and Chellingham were consolidated before 1801 and after 1972 |
| Carlton & Chellington | 1934 | Ecclesiastical parish only - consolidated before 1801 and after 1972 | ||
| Chalgrave | 1539 | Manshead | Woburn | Tranferred to Leighton Buzzard Union on 26 Sep 1899, part transferred to Hockliffe for civil purposes in 1929, transferred to Dunstable Reg. District 1 Apr 1964 |
| Chalton | Hamlet in Toddington | |||
| Channel's End | Hamlet in Colmworth | |||
| Charlton | Hamlet in Moggerhanger | |||
| Chaul End | Hamlet in Caddington | |||
| Chawston | Hamlet in Roxton | |||
| Chellington | 1567 | Willey | Bedford | Carlton and Chellingham were consolidated before 1801 and after 1972 |
| Chicksands | 1858 | Clifton | Biggleswade | Ex-parish now Campton & Chicksands |
| Clapham | 1696 | Stodden | Bedford | Part transferred for civil purposes to Bedford in 1933 |
| Clifton | 1538 | Clifton | Biggleswade | |
| Clipston | Hamlet in Eggington | |||
| Clophill | 1567 | Flitt | Ampthill | |
| Cockayne Hatley | 1701 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Colesdon | Hamlet in Roxton | |||
| Colmworth | 1735 | Barford | Bedford | |
| Colworth | 1858 | Wixamtree | Bedford | Formerly ex-parochial; amalgamated with Sharnbrook in 1895 |
| Cople | 1563 | Wixamtree | Bedford | |
| Cotton End | Hamlet in Cardington | |||
| Covington | Hamlet in Pertenhall | |||
| Cranfield | 1600 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Dean, Nether | 1566 | Stodden | St Neots | Transferred to Bedford Registration District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Dean, Upper | Hamlet in Nether Dean | |||
| Dean & Shelton | 1934 | Created as a civil parish in 1934 from Dean and Shelton | ||
| Denel End | Hamlet in Flitwick | |||
| Dilwick | Hamlet in Stagsden | |||
| Duloe | Hamlet in Eaton Socon | |||
| Dunstable, St Augustine | 1959 | Reg District Dunstable | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Dunstable, St Femund | 1968 | Reg District Dunstable | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Dunstable, St Peter | 1558 | Manshead | Luton | Transferred to Dunstable Registration District on 1 Apr 1964 |
| Dunton | 1553 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Eastcotts | Hamlet in Cardington; created a civil parish 1866; part transferred to Bedford in 1933 | |||
| East Hyde | see Hyde, East | |||
| Eaton Bray | 1559 | Manshead | Leighton Buzzard | Transferred to Dubstable Reg District on 1 Apr 1964; transferred from Luton Union in 1846 |
| Eaton Ford | Hamlet in Eaton Socon | |||
| Eaton Socon | 1566 | Barford | St Neots | Transferred to Bedford Registration District on 1 Oct 1935; part transferred to Hunts on 1 Apr 1965 which became Cam in 1974; the rwemaining part, for civil purposes, became Staploe |
| Edlesborough | 1567 | All in Buckinghamshire | ||
| Edworth | 1552 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Eggington | 1813 | Manshead | Leighton Buzzard | Peculiar formerly in Leighton Buzzard |
| Elstow | 1641 | Redbornestoke | Bedford | Part transferred for civil purposes to Bedford in 1933 |
| Eversholt | 1628 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union 26 Sep 1899 |
| Everton | 1650 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | Partly in Hunts, some trans. in 1844; Everton is/was in the Diocese of Ely the rest of Beds being in Diocese of St Albans |
| Eyeworth | 1538 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Fancott | Hamlet in Toddington | |||
| Farndish | 1587 | Willey & Hiham Ferrers | Wellingborough | Tranferred from the Wellingborough Reg. District to Bedford Reg. District on 1 Jul 1936; Pdington and Farndish combined in 1970 |
| Felmersham | 1600 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Fenlake | Hamlet in Cardington | |||
| Flitton | 1518 | Flitt | Ampthill | |
| Flitton & Greenfield | Created from Flitton & Pulloxhill in 1932 | |||
| Flitwick | 1661 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Girtford | Hamlet in Sandy | |||
| Gladley | Hamlet in Heath & Reach | |||
| Goldington | 1559 | Barford | Bedford | Transferred totally for civil purposes in 1933 |
| Gravenhurst, Lower | 1705 | Flitt | Ampthill | Lower and Upper Gravenhurst were amalgamated in 1888 but abolished in 1972 to create Upper & Lower Gravenhurst |
| Gravenhurst, Upper | 1567 | Flitt | Ampthill | Lower and Upper Gravenhurst were amalgamated in 1888 but abolished in 1972 to create Upper & Lower Gravenhurst |
| Great Barford | see Barford, Great | |||
| Greenfield | Hamlet in Flitton and Pulloxhill | |||
| Harlington | 1653 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union 26 Sep 1899 |
| Harrold | 1598 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Harrowden | Hamlet in Cardington | |||
| Hassells | Hamlet in Sandy/Clifton/Stotfold | |||
| Hatch | Hamlet in Northill | |||
| Hawnes | alternative spelling of Haynes | |||
| Haynes | 1596 | Flitt | Ampthill | |
| Heath & Reach | 1813 | Manshead | Leighton Buzzard | Peculiar; formerly a chapelry of Leighton Buzzard; civil parish created 1866; part transferred for civil purposes to Leighton Buzzard 1933 |
| Henlow | 1558 | Clifton | Biggleswade | |
| Herne | Hamlet in Toddington/Chalgrave | |||
| Hexton | 1538 | In Hertfordshire | ||
| Higham Gobion | 1654 | Flitt | Ampthill | |
| Hinwick | Hamlet in Podington | |||
| Hockliffe | 1696 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Dunstable Reg. District on 1 Apr 1964 |
| Holcot | An alternative spelling of Hulcote | |||
| Holme | Hamlet im Biggleswade | |||
| Holwell | 1560 | Clifton | Hitchin | Trasnferred to Herts in 1897 |
| Honeydon | Hamlet in Eaton Socon | |||
| Houghton Conquest | 1595 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Houghton Regis | 1538 | Manshead | Luton | Transferred to Dunstable Reg. District on 1 April 1964; part of Houghton Regis was transferred for civil purposes to Dunstable in 1907 and part to Luton 1939 |
| Hulcote | 1658 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union 26 Sep 1899; Hulcote & Salford became a combined parish in 1750 but maintained separate registers |
| Hulcote & Salford | 1933 | Civil parish created from Hulcote & Salford in 1933 | ||
| Humbershoe | Hamlet in Studham, transferred to Herts in 1888 | |||
| Husborne Crawley | 1558 | Manshead | Ampthill | |
| Hyde | 1895 | Civil parish created 1895 formerly a Hamlet in Luton | ||
| Hyde, East | 1841 | Flitt | Luton | |
| Ickleford | 1749 | Partly in Herts until fully transferred in 1832/44 | ||
| Ickwell | Hamlet in Northill | |||
| Kempston, All Saints | 1570 | Redbornestoke | Bedford | |
| Kempston, Rural | 1895 | Created in 1895 from outlying parts of Kempston which did not join Bedford | ||
| Kempston, St John | 1868 | Redbornestoke | Bedford | |
| Kempston, St Stephen | 1887 | Redbornestoke | Bedford | |
| Kempston, Transfiguration | 1940 | Reg District Bedford | ||
| Kensworth | 1615 | Dacorum | Luton | Tranferred from Herts 1897 then transferred to Dunstable Reg. District on 1 Apr 1964 |
| Keysoe | 1735 | Stodden | Bedford | |
| Kinwick | Hamlet in Sandy | |||
| Knotting | 1592 | Stodden | Bedford | |
| Knotting & Souldrop | 1933/4 | Created in 1933/4 | ||
| Langford | 1717 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Leagrave | Formerly a hamlet in Limbury; see Luton, St Luke's | |||
| Leighton Buzzard, All Saints | 1562 | Manshead | Leighton Buzzard | Peculiar |
| Leighton Buzzard, St Andrew | 1868 | Manshead | Leighton Buzzard | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Leighton-Linslade | 1965 | Civil parish only; created from Leighton Buzzrd and Linslade, Bucks | ||
| Lewsey | Hamlet in Luton | |||
| Lidlington | 1564 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Limbury-cum-Biscot | 1866 | Formerly a hamlet in Luton; Leagrace (Limbury) created a civil parish in 1895; transferred totally to Luton in 1928; became ecclesiastical parish of Luton, St Luke in 1936 | ||
| Little Barford | see Barford, Little | |||
| Little Staughton | see Staughton, Little | |||
| Lower Gravenhurst | see Gravenhurst, Lower | |||
| Lower Stondon | see Stondon, Lower | |||
| Luton, All Saints | 1922 | Flitt | Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Luton, Christ Church | 1860 | Flitt | Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Luton, Holy Cross (Marsh Farm) | 1968 | Reg. District Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Luton, St Andrew | 1887 | Flitt | Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Luton, St Anne | 1938 | Reg. District Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Luton, St Augustine | 1966 | Created from Limbury-cum-Biscot in 1971 | ||
| Luton, St Christopher (Round Green) | 1939 | Reg. District Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Luton, St Hugh (Cockernhoe) | 1955 | Reg. District Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Luton, St Hugh (Lewsey) | 1961 | Reg. District Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Luton, St John the Baptist (Farley Hill) | 1966 | Reg. District Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Luton, St Luke (Leagrave) | 1936 | Reg. District Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only | |
| Luton, St Mary | 1603 | Flitt | Luton | |
| Luton, St Matthew (High Town) | 1877 | Flitt | Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Luton, St Paul (New Town) | 1895 | Flitt | Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Luton, St Peter | 1913 | Flitt | Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Luton, St Saviour | 1884 | Flitt | Luton | Ecclesiastical parish only |
| Markyate | 1855 | Registers at Hertford CRO | ||
| Markyate Street | Civil parish transferred to Herts 1904 | |||
| Marston Moretaine | 1653 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Maulden | 1558 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Melchbourne | 1706 | Stodden | Bedford | |
| Melchbourne & Yelden | Civil parish created 1933/4 from Melchbourne and Y(i)elden | |||
| Meppershall | 1652 | Clifton | Biggleswade | Partly in Herts under it was transferred in 1832-44 |
| Millbrook | 1558 | Redbornestoke | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union 0n 26 Sep 1899 |
| Millow | Hamlet in Dunton | |||
| Milton Bryan | 1559 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union 0n 26 Sep 1899 |
| Milton Ernest | 1538 | Stodden | Bedford | |
| Moddry | Hamlet in Clophill | |||
| Moggerhanger | 1860 | Created in 1860, formerly a Hamlet in Blunham, the civil parish being created 1866 | ||
| Mosbury | Hamlet in Everton | |||
| Newton | Hamlet in Dunton | |||
| Northill | 1562 | Wixamtree | Biggleswade | Part of Northill was transferred to Sandy in 1933 for civil purposes |
| Notley | Hamlet in Sundon | |||
| Oakley | 1560 | Stodden | Bedford | |
| Odell | 1604 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Old Warden | see Warden, Old | |||
| Pavenham | 1561 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Pegsdon | Hamlet in Shillington | |||
| Pertenhall | 1582 | Stodden | St Neots | Transferred to Bedford Registration District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Picts Hill | Hamlet in Stevington | |||
| Podington | 1662 | Willey | Wellingborough | Farndish, Pofdington and Wymington were transferred from Wllingborough Reg. Disrict to Bedford Reg. District on 1 Jul 1936. Podington & Farndish combined in 1970. |
| Polehanger | Hamlet in Meppershall | |||
| Potsgrove | 1663 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union on 26 Sep 1899 |
| Potton | 1614 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Priestly | Hamlet in Flitwick | |||
| Puddington | Alternative name for Podington | |||
| Puddlehill | Hamlet in Houghton Regis | |||
| Pulloxhill | 1553 | Flitt | Ampthill | |
| Putnoe | Hamlet in Goldington | |||
| Radwell | Hamlet in Felmersham | |||
| Ramridge End | Hamlet in Stopsley | |||
| Ravensden | 1558 | Barford | Bedford | |
| Renhold | 1654 | Barford | Bedford | |
| Ridgmont | 1539 | Redbornestoke | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union on 26 Sep 1899 |
| Riseley | 1626 | Stodden | Bedford | |
| Risinghoe | Hamlet in Goldington | |||
| Rowney | Part of Southill | |||
| Roxton | 1684 | Barford | Bedford | |
| Salford | 1559 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union on 26 Sep 1899; Hulcote & Salford became a combined parish in 1750 but maintained separate registers |
| Salph End | Hamlet in Renhold | |||
| Sandy | 1538 | Biggleswade & Wixamtree | Biggleswade | |
| Seddington | Hamlet in Sandy | |||
| Segenhoe | Hamlet in Ridgmont | |||
| Segresdon | Hamlet in Pertenhall | |||
| Sewell | Hamlet in Houghton Regis | |||
| Sharnbrook | 1595 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Sharpenhoe | Hamlet in Streatley | |||
| Shefford | 1873 | Clifton | Biggleswade | Earlier entries in Campton; the civil parish was created in 1866 |
| Shefford Hardwicke | 1903 | Ex parochial civil parish created in 1903 | ||
| Shelton | 1706 | Stodden | St Neots | Transferred to the Bedford Registration District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Shelton | Hamlet in Marston Moretaine | |||
| Shillington | 1543 | Odsey (Herts), Clifton & Flitt | Ampthill | Part of Shillington was transferred for civil purposes to Herts in 1897; part exchanged for part of Offley, Herts in 1907 |
| Silsoe | 1846 | Flitt | Ampthill | Previously a Hamlet in Flitton |
| Slip End | see Woodside | |||
| Souldrip | 1670 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Southill | 1528 | Wixamtree | Biggleswade | |
| South Mills | Hamlet in Blunham | |||
| Stagsden | 1670 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Stanbridge | 1560 | Manshead | Leighton Buzzard | Peculiar |
| Stanford | Hamlet in Southill | |||
| Staploe | 1965 | Created in 1965 was formerly a hamlet in Eaton Socon | ||
| Staughton, Little | 1598 | Stodden | St Neots | Tranferred to Bedford Reg. District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Steppingley | 1558 | Redbornestoke | Ampthill | |
| Stevington | 1654 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Stewartby | 1937 | Civil parish created 1937 out of Wootton and Kempston Rural | ||
| Stondon, Lower | Hamlet in Shillington | |||
| Stondon, Upper | 1683 | Clifton | Biggleswade | |
| Stopsley | 1863 | Flitt | Luton | Formerly a Hamlet in Luton, was created into a civil parish in 1895 which was subsequently transferred to Luton in 1928 and 1933 |
| Stotfold | 1559 | Clifton | Biggleswade | |
| Stratford | Hamlet in Sandy | |||
| Stratton | Hamlet in Biggleswade | |||
| Streatley | 1693 | Flitt | Luton | Part transferred in 1964 to Luton for civil purposes |
| Studham | 1570 | Dacorum & Manshead | Luton | Transferred from Hunts 1897; transferred to the Bedford Reg. District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Sudbury | Hamlet in Eaton Socon | |||
| Sundon | 1592 | Flitt | Luton | Part transferred in 1964 to Luton for civil purposes |
| Sutton | 1538 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Swanton | Hamlet in Harrold | |||
| Swineshead | 1549 | Leightonstone | St Neots | Transferred from Hunts 1897; transferred to the Bedford Reg. District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Tebworth | Hamlet in Chalgrave | |||
| Temple Hills | Hamlet in Sharnbrook | |||
| Tempsford | 1604 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Tetworth | Toseland | St Neots | ||
| Thorn | Hamlet in Houghton Regis | |||
| Thorncote | Hamlet in Northill | |||
| Thurleigh | 1562 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Tilbrook | 1573 | Stodden | St Neots | Transferred to Hunts in 1896; some earlier records are held in Herts and Diocese of St Albans |
| Tilsworth | 1649 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Leighton Buzzard Union on 26 Sep 1899 |
| Tingrith | 1572 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union on 26 Sep 1899 |
| Toddington | 1558 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union on 26 Sep 1899; further transferred to Dunstable Reg. District on 1 April 1964 |
| Totternhoe | 1559 | Manshead | Luton | Transferred to Dunstable Reg. District on 1 Apr 1964 |
| Turvey | 1629 | Willey | Bedford | |
| Upbury | Hamlet in Pulloxhill | |||
| Upper Gravenhurst | see Gravenhurst, Upper | |||
| Upper Stondon | see Stondon, Upper | |||
| Wadlowes | Hamlet in Toddington | |||
| Warden, Old | 1576 | Wixamtree | Biggleswade | |
| Westcotts | Hamlet in Wils(hamp)tead | |||
| Westoning | 1560 | Manshead | Ampthill | |
| Whipsnade | 1682 | Manshead & Dacorum | Luton | Part in Herts until 1897; transferred to Dunstable Reg. District on 1 Apr 1964 |
| Wilden | 1545 | Barford | Bedford | |
| Willington | 1676 | Wixamtree | Bedford | |
| Wils(hamp)tead | 1593 | Redbornestoke | Bedford | |
| Wingfield | Hamlet in Chalgrave | |||
| Woburn | 1558 | Manshead | Woburn | Transferred to Ampthill Union on 26 Sep 1899 |
| Woodcroft | Hamlet in Luton | |||
| Woodside with Slip End | 1879 | Dacorum & Flitt | Luton | Formerly Caddington |
| Wootton | 1562 | Redbornestoke | Bedford | |
| Wrestlingworth | 1578 | Biggleswade | Biggleswade | |
| Wrestlingworth & Cockayne Hatley | 1933/4 | Civil parish created 1933/4 from Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley | ||
| Wyboston | Hamlet in Eaton Socon | |||
| Wymington | 1662 | Willey | Wellingborough | Transferred to Bedford Registration District on 1 Oct 1935 |
| Y(i)elden | 1653 | Stodden | Bedford |
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