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MILTON-BRYAN

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"MILTON-BRYAN, (earlier, Milton Bryant) a parish in the hundred of Manshead, county Bedford, 2½ miles south east of Woburn, its post town. The parish, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The tithes were commuted for corn-rents under an Act of Enclosure in 1793. The living is a rectory (with parsonage and glebe) in the diocese of Ely, value £252, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small structure with a white square tower.

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

The following information was transcribed by Craig Pickup from Kelly's Bedfordshire Directory, 1940

• "CHURCH END, a village in the parish of Milton Bryant, county of Bedfordshire, ¾ mile north east of Milton Bryant."

Census

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

Churches

• St. Peter's Church, Milton Bryan.
• There are photographs and a description of St Peter's on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.

Church History

• Church of England
  • The church of St. Peter is a small Norman edifice, much modernized, consisting of chancel, nave, transept and a central embattled tower containing 3 bells and a clock, the gift of Miss Louisa Mary Inglis, who left by will, in 1854, the sum of £100 for this purpose : there is a stained window, the gift of Lady Inglis : a monument with life-sized effigy by Chantrey, to Sir Hugh Inglis bart. d. 11 Aug. 1820, and a memorial to Sir Robert Harry Inglis bart. P.C. formerly M.P. for the University of Oxford, d. 1855, when the title became extinct : a memorial window to Sir Joseph Paxton kt. a native of this parish, was presented in 1867 by Lady Paxton: the church affords 200 sittings, The register dates from the year 1559. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

Church Records

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts for St Peter are available on microfiche for the period 1559-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

Description and Travel

• Church of England
  • The old school in which Sir Joseph Paxton was educated is now disused. At the Norman survey Hugh de, Beauchamp had a manor with 6 hides, and the Bishop of Bayeux 4 hides. There were afterwards two manors, one of which belonged to the distinguished Sir Francis Bryan, and another was in the possession of the Abbey of Woburn: these came by marriage from the family of Johnson to Sir Hugh Inglis bart. The manor house is the residence of Miss Synnot, who is lady of the manor. Miss Synnot and the Duke of Bedford are the chief landowners. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

Gazetteers

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