Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire Genealogy

England Bedfordshire  Bedfordshire Parishes

Guide to St Paul, Bedfordshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites

Parish History
Bedford, is a borough which comprises the parishes of St. Cuthbert, St. John, St. Mary, St. Paul, and St. Peter Martin. The parish of St. Paul is the largest; an additional church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected in 1839-40, There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Wesleyans, and Moravians; as well as the Primitive Episcopal or Reformed Church of England.

Census records
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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.

Courtesy of Steven Gibbs:


 * St. Paul Marriage Registers: July, 1837-Dec., 1845
 * St. Paul Marriage Registers: Jan., 1846-Dec., 1855
 * St. Paul Marriage Registers: Jan., 1856-March, 1866
 * St. Paul Marriage Registers: July, 1867-Dec., 1880
 * St. Paul Marriage Registers: Jan., 1881-Dec., 1892
 * St. Paul Marriage Registers: Jan., 1893-March 1901

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Independent/Congregational
 * Irvingite(Catholic Apostolic Church)
 * Particular Baptist
 * Primitive Methodist
 * Wesleyan Methodist.

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.

Registration District

 * Bedford

Poor Law Unions

 * Bedford

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.

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