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EYWORTH, a parish in the hundred of BIGGLESWADE, county of BEDFORD, 4½ miles (E. by N.) from Bigglswade, containing 111 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £6.13.4. Lord Yarborough was patron in 1792. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, contains some interesting monuments.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Eyeworth 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 All Saints is an ancient building of grey stone and cobble, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles and a low embattled western tower, with spire, containing 2 bells, there are some stained windows, and in the south wall of the chancel is a richly ornamented monument, to Sir Edmund Anderson kt. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (ob. 1 Aug. 1605) and Magdalen (Smyth), his wife, consisting of a fine altar tomb-of marble upon which are two recumbent effigies, one representing Sir Edmund in his judicial robes with collar of SS. and the other his wife in the nearest dress of the period : the canopy is semi-circular, the projecting portion being upheld by two pillars 7ft. in height : the whole is surmounted by the armorial bearings of the family : there are also two other monuments of lesser dimensions tp members of this family, and three brasses with inscriptions to Richard Gadburye (ob. 1624) (founder of the Eyworth charity), his wife and only daughter : there are 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1550.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Church of England
The parish record transcripts for All Saints are available on microfiche for the period 1550-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
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