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DUNTON, a parish in the hundred of BIGGLESWADE, county of BEDFORD, 3½ miles (E. by S.) from Biggleswade, containing, with Millo, 332 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £10. Earl Spencer was patron in 1806. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Dunton can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 3, Book 2 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Church of England
The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, and an embattled western tower, containing 5 bells (hung in 1887 in commemoration of the jubilee of Queen Victoria), and south porch: it was partially rebuilt in 1861, at a cost of £1,600 (£650 of which was given by Robert Selwyn Pryor esq.) : the chancel was restored by the late Earl Brownlow, in 1861 : there are 495 sittings. The register dates from the year 1553.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Non-conformist
Here is a Baptist chapel.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
The parish record transcripts for St. Mary are available on microfiche for the period 1553-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
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