Campton

• The 1851 Census Indexes for Campton and Shefford can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 3, Book 5 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
• The 1851 Census Index for Shefford Hardwick can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 3, Book 5 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

• There are photographs and a description of All Saints on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Shefford

• Church of England
  • The church of All Saints is a building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave and aisles and a Perpendicular tower at the west end of the south aisle containing a clock and 4 bells: the chancel is Decorated: in the nave is a brass to Richard Carlyll esq. and Joan, his wife, both of whom died Februarv 14th. 1489: the church contains several monuments and the mausoleum of the Osborn family: Robert Bloomfield the poet, who died at Shefford, August 19th, 1823, was buried here: the church was restored in 1898 under the direction of Mr. A, W. Soames M.A. of 13 King street, Westminster, London, architect: there are 300 sittings. The register, including Shefford, dates from the year 1568. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
  • The church of St. Michael, Shefford, a chapel of ease to Campton, is a plain edifice of stone, with an ancient Perpendicular western tower, containing one bell: the tower and north aisle date from the 14th century: the church was enlarged, restored and reseated in 1850, and will seat 525 persons. There is no independent register except for marriages, for which the church was licensed in 1873 : the earlier register is included in that of Campton, which dates from the year 1568. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
• Roman Catholic (Shefford)
  • St. Francis' Home is a Catholic orphanage for boys, established by the late Very Rev. Canon Collis in 1869, and will hold 80 boys : attached is a playground, and a meadow for cricket and football: the seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas, forming a part of the establishment here, is for the training of priests to serve in the Catholic diocese of Northampton: the church, dedicated to St. Francis, and opened July 8, 1884, is in the Perpendicular style and comprises a nave, with organ gallery, porches, baptistery, and a sanctuary containing a superb high altar : two of the windows are memorials: the altar was presented by the late Mrs. Cane Dunn, of Maulden, Beds: the reredos, 30 feet high, is of stone, marble and alabaster: the church was erected at the sole cost of Mrs. Lyne-Stephens, of Lynford Hall, Thetford, Norfolk. The infants' school, built by the Misses. Williamson, of Kempston, is now used as a Sunday school and for mission services. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
• Non-conformist (Shefford)
  • The Baptist chapel, erected in 1825, will seat 350 persons, and has a manse and burial ground attached : the Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1835, affords sittings for 300 persons ; the Salvation Army also have barracks here. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts for Campton, All Saints are available on microfiche for the period 1568-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
• There are entries in the Biggleswade district Marriage Certificates for this parish and the chapelry of Shefford.

• The Shefford market is held on Friday, and a fair is held on October 11th. Gresham's charity, founded in 1855, and of the value of £28 yearly, is for distribution in money to six poor widows. There is a Congerational and Liberal Club with reading room attached. The H Company of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, numbering about 80 members, has its headquarters here, and there is a fire brigade. In a field adjoining the town a great number of beautiful Roman relics have been found, from which a fine collection was formed by the late Mr. T. Inskip, a resident here, and purchased for the Fitzwilliarn Museum, Cambridge. A Roman encampment, about a mile north, at Stanford Bury, has also furnished some of the finest specimens of Roman glass extant. The poet Bloomfield lived for some years in this town and here died, Aug. 19, 1823 ; he was buried at Campton. Robert William Powell esq. of Shefford Hardwicke, is lord of the manor. [Extracts from Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

• A transcript of the Campton parish entries from Stephen Whatley's 1750 Topographical Gazetteer of England,
• A transcript of the Campton parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1831 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Campton parish entries from Samuel Lewis's 1835 Topographical Dictionary of England,
• A transcript of the Campton parish entries from The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1866-9
• A transcript of the Campton parish entries from Kelly's 1898 Directory of Bedfordshire

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL128380 (Lat/Lon: 52.028951, -0.35724), Campton which are provided by:

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