Carlton, Bedfordshire Genealogy

England Bedfordshire  Bedfordshire Parishes

Guide to Carlton, Bedfordshire family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
CARLTON, is a parish in the district and county of Bedford; it is on the verge of the county, near the river Ouse, 4½ miles NE of Olney, and 5½ miles SW by W of Sharnbrook railway station. There is a Baptist chapel.

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.


 * Carlton Marriage Register July 1837-March 1901: Courtesy of Bedfordshire Parish Registers and Steven Gibbs

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Particular Baptist
 * Primitive 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

Websites
Carlton on GENUKI