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MILTON-ERNEST, a parish forming, with the parishes of Clapham and Oakley, a detached portion of the hundred of STODDEN, county of BEDFORD, 5 miles (N.W. by N.) from Bedford, containing 364 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Bedford, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £7.6.8. Edmund Turnor, Esq. was patron in 1825. The church is dedicated to All Saints. An almshouse for six poor persons was founded, in 1693, by Sir Edmund Turnor, who endowed it with lands now producing about £40 per annum.
[A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1831]
The 1851 Census Index for Milton Ernest can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 1, Book 1 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
Church of England
The church of All Saints is an interesting building of stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave with clerestory, aisles, south porch and an embattled tower with clock and 5 bells, re-hung in 1895 : there are piscina an ancient oak screen: the east window and others are stained, one being the gift of George Hurst esq. of Bedford, the other of the children of the Rev. C. G. Beaty Pownall M.A., J.P. vicar from 1835: at the west end of the south aisle is another stained window to the memory of Miss Lucy Starey : there are ancient monuments to the Rolt and Turnor families one of which is dated 1615 : in 1864-5 the church was restored and the chancel rebuilt, at a cost of about £2,000 raised by subscription; in 1883 a fine organ was introduced, at a cost of £180: the church will seat 207 persons. The register dates from the year 1538.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Non-conformist
Here is a Wesleyan chapel erected in 1839, and seating 200.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
Church of England
The parish record transcripts for All Saints are available on microfiche for the period 1538-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
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