Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire Genealogy

England Bedfordshire  Bedfordshire Parishes

Parish History
SHARNBROOK (St. Peter), is a parish, in the hundred of Willey, the union and county of Bedford, it is 4 miles NE from Harrold, and on the river Ouse. There are places of worship for Old and Calvinistic Baptists.

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.


 * Sharnbrook Marriage Register: July 1837-March 1901: Courtesy of Bedfordshire Parish Registers and 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
Sharnbrook on GENUKI