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MAULDEN (St. Mary), a parish in the union of Ampthill, hundred of Redbornestoke, county of Bedford, one and a half miles (E) from Ampthill; containing 1330 inhabitants. The parish comprises by computation nearly 3000 acres, of which 260 are woodland and plantations, and of the remainder, two thirds are arable and one third pasture; the surface is varied and the low grounds are watered by the river Flitt, a branch of the Ivel. Many of the females are employed in lacemaking and the plaiting of straw. There are some quarries of sandstone; and a pleasure fair is held in the week nearest to St. Bartholomews-day. The living is a rectory, valued in the King's books at £15.9.7; net income £512; patron, marquess of Ailesbury. The tithes were commuted for land and a corn rent, under an act of inclosure in 1796. The church, principally in the latter English style, was with little intermixture, completely restored in 1837. There are places of worship for baptists and independents.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Maulden can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 4, Book 2 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Church of England
The church of St. Mary, rebuilt, with the exception of the tower and part of the north wall, and enlarged in 1838-9, under the direction of Mr. Benjamin Ferrey, architect, is an edifice of local brown sandstone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays; aisles, south porch and a western tower with angle turret: the east window is filled with subjects from the history of our Lord: there are two other small stained windows in the chancel and one in the tower. called "The Children's Window," the result of subscriptions raised entirely by the children of the parish. The register dates from the year 1558.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Non-conformist
There are Congregational, Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Church of England
The parish record transcripts for St Mary are available on microfiche for the period 1558-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Genweb Bedfordshire contains a descriptive page about Maulden.
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