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EVERSHOLT, a parish in the hundred of MANSHEAD, county of BEDFORD, 2½ miles (E. by S.) from Woburn, containing 870 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £16.11.8., and in the patronage of the Marquis or Downshire. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There is a small sum for the education of children.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Eversholt 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. John the Baptist is a building of stone in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles and a western embattled tower containing 6 bells : the north aisle projects one bay beyond the nave, and opens into the chancel by a Decorated arch, on one side of which is a piscina: there is another in the south aisle and a third in the chancel : the monuments include one to the Hon. Frances Ongley, eldest daughter of Samuel Henley, first Baron Ongley, of Old Warden, a title which became extinct in 1877 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Hyde, sister of the Bishop of St, David's, and Mrs. Sarah. Hodgkinson : on the wall of the vestry is a boar's head carved in stone, the name Eversholt signifying " the hold of the wild boar : the church underwent a complete restoration in 1864, under the direction of the late Sir G. G. Scott R.A. at a cost of about £3,000, and will seat 300 persons. The register dates from the year 1628.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Church of England
The parish record transcripts for St. John the Baptist are available on microfiche for the period 1628-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
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