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MILTON-BRYANT, a parish in the hundred of MANSHEAD, county of BEDFORD, 2¾ miles (S. E.) from Woburn, containing 346 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £11.16.3., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Milton Bryan can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 5, Book 1 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Church of England
The church of St. Peter is a small Norman edifice, much modernized, consisting of chancel, nave, transept and a central embattled tower containing 3 bells and a clock, the gift of Miss Louisa Mary Inglis, who left by will, in 1854, the sum of £100 for this purpose : there is a stained window, the gift of Lady Inglis : a monument with life-sized effigy by Chantrey, to Sir Hugh Inglis bart. d. 11 Aug. 1820, and a memorial to Sir Robert Harry Inglis bart. P.C. formerly M.P. for the University of Oxford, d. 1855, when the title became extinct : a memorial window to Sir Joseph Paxton kt. a native of this parish, was presented in 1867 by Lady Paxton: the church affords 200 sittings, The register dates from the year 1559.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Church of England
The parish record transcripts for St Peter are available on microfiche for the period 1559-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Church of England
The old school in which Sir Joseph Paxton was educated is now disused. At the Norman survey Hugh de, Beauchamp had a manor with 6 hides, and the Bishop of Bayeux 4 hides. There were afterwards two manors, one of which belonged to the distinguished Sir Francis Bryan, and another was in the possession of the Abbey of Woburn: these came by marriage from the family of Johnson to Sir Hugh Inglis bart. The manor house is the residence of Miss Synnot, who is lady of the manor. Miss Synnot and the Duke of Bedford are the chief landowners.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
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