Melchbourne, Bedfordshire Genealogy

England Bedfordshire  Bedfordshire Parishes

Parish History
MELCHBOURNE, is a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village is 2 miles E of the boundary with Northamptonshire, 5 miles NNE of Sharnbrook railway station, and 5½ miles ESE of Higham-Ferrers.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Melchbourne Marriage Registers: July 1837-March 1901: Courtesy of Bedordshire Parish Registers by Steven Gibbs

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Bedfordshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Poor Law Unions
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Melchbourne on GENUKI