Totternhoe

• The 1851 Census Index for Totternhoe can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 6, Book 2 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • The Church of St. Giles of Provence, Totternhoe

• Church of England
  • The church of St. Giles is an edifice in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, porch and a western embattled tower with turret at the south-east angle containing 5 bells: the roofs of the nave and aisles display well-carved figures and bosses: there is a brass, with effigy bearing chalice and host, to John Warwekhytt, vicar, 1524; and one to William Michell, a child, 1621. The register dates from the year 1558. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
  • Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts for St Giles are available on microfiche for the period 1558-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

• The straw plait business is carried on here; there are also lime stone and cement works owned by the Totternhoe Lime, Stone and Cement Co. Lim. but agriculture is the principal industry. About a mile and a half from Dunstable, and half a mile westward from Maiden Bower, on a projecting headland of the Chiltern range, are the celebrated earthworks called "Totterhoe Castle;" these consist of a lofty circular mount, with a slight vallum round its base, and a larger one, of an irregular form, at some distance from it; it is considered to have been a fortification of the ancient Britons, subsequently occupied by the Saxons, afterwards converted into a Roman camp; the form of the works indicating British and Roman military construction, and the name British and Saxon occupation. Earl Brownlow P.C. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil and subsoil are chalky; a hard band of the chalk or "clunch" near the village is known as Totternhoe stone, of which Woburn Abbey and many churches in the district have been constructed. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area is 2,321 acres; rateable value, £3,041; the population in 1891 was 612. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

• A transcript of the Totternhoe parish entries from Stephen Whatley's 1750 Topographical Gazetteer of England,
• A transcript of the Totternhoe parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Totternhoe parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Totternhoe parish entries from The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1866-9

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP988215 (Lat/Lon: 51.883318, -0.565969), Totternhoe which are provided by:

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• 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.)
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• The BFHS Project in conjunction with Roll of Honour contains the Totternhoe War Memorial transcription with details of the men found on it.