GENUKI: Bedford St John, Bedfordshire

[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]

"BEDFORD ST. JOHN, a parish in the town of Bedford."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013

Churches

There are photographs and a description of St John's on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.
The following Churches have their own websites:
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Bedford

Church of England
- St. John's church in St. John street, is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, and was thoroughly restored by subscription in 1869-70, at a cost of about £1,000, and re-opened in June of the latter year : it consists of chancel, nave, west porch and an embattled western tower containing one bell: on the south side of the chancel are piscina and sedilia, discovered and restored during the repair of the church : in 1890 a stone reredos was presented to the church by the patron: there are upwards of 250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1669. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £370, with 4¾ acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of F. Aldridge Clark esq. and held since 1889 by the Rev. William Owen Parker Ford M.A. of Christ's College, Cambridge. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

Church of England
- The parish record transcripts for St John are available on microfiche for the period 1669-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL052492 (Lat/Lon: 52.131101, -0.464523), Bedford St John which are provided by:

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