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ASTWICK
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
"ASTWICK, a parish in the hundred of Biggleswade, in the county of Bedford, 4 miles to the south east of Biggleswade, its post town. It is situated on a branch of the river Ivel, on the borders of Hertfordshire. An ancient Roman road, entering the county from Hertfordshire, passes near this place. The living is a rectory united with the vicarage of Arlsey, in the diocese of Ely. The church is dedicated to St. Guthlac."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
by Colin Hinson ©2013
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- The 1851 Census Index for Astwick can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 3, Book 3 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
- There are photographs and a description of St Guthlac's on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.
- The following Churches have their own websites:
- St. Guthlac's Church, Astwick
- Church of England
- The church of St. Guthlac is a building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and western tower containing one bell: and in the church are monuments to the Cokayne and Fossey families: there are 140 sittings. The existing register dates from the year 1718. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
- Church of England
- The parish record transcripts for St Guthlac are available on microfiche for the period 1718-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
- There are entries in the Biggleswade district Marriage Certificates for this parish
- A transcript of the Astwick parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
- A transcript of the Astwick parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
- A transcript of the Astwick parish entries from The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1866-9
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Astwick to another place.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL214386 (Lat/Lon: 52.032529, -0.231737), Astwick which are provided by:
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- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.