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Bedfordshire

CARLTON

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"CARLTON, a parish in the hundred of Willey, in the county of Bedford, 1 mile from Harrold. Olney is its post town. It lies near the river Ouse. The living is a rectory consolidated with that of Chellington, in the diocese of Ely, value £370, in the patronage of Lord Dynevor. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."

[The above was transcribed (and edited) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2023

Census

• The 1851 Census Index for Carlton can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 2, Book 2 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

Churches

• There are photographs and a description of St Mary's on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • St Mary's Church, Carlton

Church History

• Church of England
  • The church of St. Mary the Virgin, situated about a quarter of a mile from the, village, is, a stone building, in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, with some, traces of Norman work, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower, containing 4 bells: the font is Transitional, with rude interlaced carving and cable moulding round the basin, and is supported on tall circular columns: the Perpendicular chancel screen, though mutilated, remains, and there is a piscina; north of the chancel was once a chapel : there is a small inscribed brass to Joane Goddard, 1610, and inscribed stones to Thomas Wells, rector, 1642, aged about 100," Rev. Benjamin Rogers, 50 years rector, 1771, and Rev. Henry John Ellman, rector, 1829-62 : there are 140 sittings. The register dates from the year 1554. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
• Non-conformist
  • The Baptist chapel was built in 1760, and has a burial ground adjoining. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

Church Records

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts for St. Mary the Virgin are available on microfiche for the period 1554-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

Community Websites

• Carlton with Chellington. This site is run by the Carlton and Chellington Parish Council. It contains information for those living here, those interested in moving here and those interested in visiting our village.

Gazetteers

• A transcript of the Carlton parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Carlton parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Carlton parish entries from The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1866-9

Military History

• The BFHS Project in conjunction with Roll of Honour contains the Carlton St Mary War Memorial transcription for WW1 and WW2 with details of the men found on it.