Shillington

• The 1851 Census Index for Shillington can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 4, Book 1 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
• The 1851 Census Index for Lower Stondon is part of Shillington and can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 4, Book 1 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • All Saints Church, Shillington

• Church of England (Shillington)
  • The church of All Saints, standing on an eminence, and forming a very picturesque landmark for the district, is a large and fine example of the Transitional style which intervened between the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, and consists of chancel and nave, both with clerestory, under a continuous roof, aisles extending the whole length of the church and a western tower with plain parapet, rebuilt in 1750, and containing 5 bells: within, the nave and chancel are divided by an arch, and there are corresponding arches across each of the aisles; at the east end of the building rise two square embattled turrets, the wall between, over the east window, being finished with a horizontal cornice displaying the rebus of Matthew Ashton : beneath the chancel is an Early English crypt with groined vaulting, resting on a central pillar: the interior retains some good wooden screen work, with traces of paintings and the roof of the north aisle has been similarly decorated; there is a large slab with fine brass effigy in cope and hood of Matthew de Asscheton, canon of York and Lincoln, and rector of "Schutlingdone," who died Dec. 31, 1400-1: there is another with effigy in Cope to Thomas Partington, rector, and treasurer of York minster. The east window is a memorial to John and Fanny Ferrian Lines, and was placed by their daughter Sarah. The register dates from the year 1560. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
• Non-conformist (Shillington)
  • Here is a union chapel, for the use of the Congregationalists and Baptists, and a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1872; these have large Sunday schools connected with them.
  • At BURY END is a primitive Methodist chapel with 100 sittings. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
• Non-conformist (Lower Stondon)
  • Here is a Baptist chapel, erected in 1863, and seating 150 persons. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts forAll Saints are available on microfiche for the period 1560-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

• The charities consist of the sum of £12 14s. yearly, called "Pilsworth's charity," paid by the Clothworkers Company, and the interest of £300, left by, Samuel Whitbread esq. to four poor widows, occupying almshouses situated in the churchyard. Mrs. Eyre, who is lady of the manor, Charles W. Wilsbere esq. of the Frythe, Welwyn, and Trinity College, Cambridge, are the principal landowners. [Extracts from Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
• There a two Shillington web sites
  • Shillington Village website which is growing constantly and contains some useful information.

• A transcript of the Shillington parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Shillington parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Shillington parish entries from The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1866-9
• A transcript of the Shillington parish entries from Kelly's 1898 Directory of Bedfordshire

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Shillington to another place.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL125345 (Lat/Lon: 51.997557, -0.36276), Shillington which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The BFHS Project in conjunction with Roll of Honour contains the Shillington Village War Memorial transcription for WW1 and WW2 with details of the men found on it and the Shillington All Saints War Memorial transcription for WW1 and WW2 with details of the men found on it