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Bedfordshire Almshouses

The County of Bedford

Bedfordshire takes its name from the shire Town of Bedford and lies in the southern part of the Midlands, about 50 miles north from London. It is a very small shire of irregular shape. Its greatest length is 36 and half miles from north to south, and its greatest breadth 22 half miles from east to west. The number of acres is 298,494 while about half the average size of a county. There are only 3 smaller counties, Hunts, Middlesex and Rutland. The population in 1831 was 95,483.

Source:
Kelly's Directory Bedfordshire 1894

Almshouses in Bedfordshire
Dwelling Place Source Finding Aid Relation Occupation
Village Holwell, Bedford PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1420    Folio 21    Page 4 Hezekiah ODELL W 83  M Pirton, Hertford, England Head Almshouse Inmate
Almshouse Upper Dean Dean, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1612    Folio 122 Page 3 Ann LINIER W 73  F Kimbolton, Huntingdon, England Head Lacemaker
Almshouse V. Green Milton Ernest, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1615    Folio 47    Page 2 Sophia JONES W 72  F Knotting, Bedford, England Head Lacemaker
High Street Almshouse Harrold, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1616    Folio 4    Page 1 Ann ROBINSON W 75  F Earls Barton, Northampton, England Head  
Mill Street Alms Houses Stotfold, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1632    Folio 60    Page 9 Elizabeth BROWN W 67  F Astwick, Bedford, England Head In Almshouse
Church Square Almshouse Ampthill, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1634    Folio 90    Page 41 Rebecca SLATER W 70  F Flitwick, Bedford, England Head Lacemaker
Almshouse Cranfield, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1636    Folio 30    Page 13 Mary COLES W 69  F Newport Pagnell, Buckingham, England Head Seamstress
Bedford St Almshouse Woburn, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1638    Folio 51    Page 2 Mary PERRY W 85  F Fenny Stratford, Buckingham, England Head No Occupation
Hawes Court Bedford St Paul, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1622    Folio 98    Page 15 Sarah SWEPSON U 78  F Offord Cluney, Huntingdon, England Head Inmate of Alms House
Alms House Luton, Bedford, England PRO Ref RG11    Piece 1651    Folio 49    Page 4 Maria INNS W 70  F Houghton Regis, Bedford, England Head  
Submitted by Gary Hodge from 1881 census

 

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