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Bedfordshire

EVERSHOLT

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"EVERSHOLT, a parish in the hundred of Manshead, county Bedford, 2 miles S.E. of Woburn, its post town. The living is a rectory (with parsonage and glebe) in the diocese of Ely, value £600. The church is an old edifice, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and has an ancient font and several monuments. The parochial endowments produce about £140 per annum, £10 of which are for education. There is a National school for boys, girls, and infants. The Duke of Bedford is lord of the manor.

Eversholt is a scattered village and so the following descriptions take Witts End as being the centre of the village:"

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

Gazetteer descriptions of the following places in Eversholt are to be found on this supplementary page.

Brook End Church End Froxfield Higher Berry End Higher Rads End Hills End Lower Berry End

Lower Rads End Potters End Tyrells End Wakes End Water End Witts End

Census

• The 1851 Census Index for Eversholt can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 5, Book 1 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

Churches

• There are photographs and a description of St John the Baptist on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.

Church History

• Church of England
  • The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles and a western embattled tower containing 6 bells : the north aisle projects one bay beyond the nave, and opens into the chancel by a Decorated arch, on one side of which is a piscina: there is another in the south aisle and a third in the chancel : the monuments include one to the Hon. Frances Ongley, eldest daughter of Samuel Henley, first Baron Ongley, of Old Warden, a title which became extinct in 1877 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Hyde, sister of the Bishop of St, David's, and Mrs. Sarah. Hodgkinson : on the wall of the vestry is a boar's head carved in stone, the name Eversholt signifying " the hold of the wild boar : the church underwent a complete restoration in 1864, under the direction of the late Sir G. G. Scott R.A. at a cost of about £3,000, and will seat 300 persons. The register dates from the year 1628. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

Church Records

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts for St. John the Baptist are available on microfiche for the period 1628-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

Gazetteers

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

Military History

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