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• "CHICKSANDS PRIORY, an extra-parochial place in the hundred of Clifton, in the county of Bedford, 6 miles south east of Ampthill, on the river Ivel. Pain de Beauchamp, about A.D. 1150, founded a priory here, of which the two quadrangles and cloisters are yet entire, and have been converted into a modern mansion, which contains the bed of James I., and a portrait by Sir Peter Lely of Oliver Cromwell."
• "SHEFFORD HARDWICKS, (or Great and Little Hardwick), an extra parochial place in the hundred of Clifton, county Beds, 6 miles south west of Biggleswade. It is situated near the river Ivel, and adjoins the township of Shefford.

[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 Chicksands can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 3, Book 5 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

Church History

• Church of England
  • The parish is ecclesiastically annexed to Campton. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

Church Records

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts are available on microfiche from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

Gazetteers

• A transcript of the Extraparochial parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Extraparochial parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Extraparochial parish entries from The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1866-9
• A transcript of the Extraparochial parish entries from Kelly's 1898 Directory of Bedfordshire