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"BOZEAT, a parish in the hundred of Higham Ferrers, in the county of Northampton, 6 miles to the S. of Wellingborough, its post town. It lies on the confines of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, of the value with the rectory of Strixton consolidated, of £275, in the patronage of Earl Spencer. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. The charitable endowments produce £22 per annum."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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MARLOW, Joseph Horace. The History of Bozeat Village. Publisher: J. Stevenson Holt: Northampton, 1936. pp. 98. [With plates.]
STRINGER, Keith. "Dryburgh Abbey and Bozeat, Northants", Innes Review, v. 24, (2) 1973, pp. 133-147 (ISSN: 0020-157X). Publisher: J. S. Burns and Sons, Glasgow
SALZMAN, L F. (ed.). "Bozeat", The Victorian history of the county of Northamptonshire, v.4, 1937, pp 3-7. Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Parish 2000 for the village of Bozeat. Allison Printers, Thrift Street, Wollaston, Northants. April 1998.
Penny Mercer has identified the following articles/chapters in this book which may be of interest to family historians:
- "The Church of St Mary" - pp 3-5
- "A concise history of Bozeat Methodist Church" - pp 6-7
- "Bozeat Independant Wesleyan Church" - p 8
- "Dungee Corner Meadow S.S.S.I." - pp 22-23
- "Bozeat from the air" - pp 32-33
- Rev. Norman Palmer, "The family that built Bozeat" (Berril family) - pp 41-43
- "The Partridge-Underwood family" - pp 57-58
- Rev. Norman Palmer, "Bozeat then" - pp 28-32, 34-38
- "Bozeat Windmill" - pp 39-40
- Ernest Dilley, "Pudding Bag Lane" - p 45
- "Bozeat field names" - p 24
- "Wells" - pp 62-63
- "Lace Making" - pp 26-27
- Rev. Norman Palmer, "The history of education in Bozeat" - pp 46-48
| Year | Population |
| 1801 | 680 |
| 1811 | 754 |
| 1821 | 754 |
| 1831 | 812 |
| 1841 | 845 |
| 1851 | 921 |
| 1861 | 955 |
| 1871 | 1086 |
| 1881 | 1189 |
| 1891 | 1273 |
| 1901 | 1478 |
| 1911 | 1192 |
| 1921 | 1145 |
| 1931 | 1157 |
| Bozeat, Church of England |
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"BOZEAT, a parish in the hundred of Higham Ferrers, in the county of Northampton, 6 miles to the S. of Wellingborough, its post town. It lies on the confines of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, of the value with the rectory of Strixton consolidated, of £275, in the patronage of Earl Spencer. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village. The charitable endowments produce £22 per annum."
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Extract for Bozeat from 'The Northamptonshire Village Book', compiled by the Northamptonshire Federation of Women's Institutes
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