Cranfield

• The 1851 Census Index for Cranfield can be found in the 1851 Index to Census of Bedfordshire, Volume 4, Book 4 available from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

• There are photographs and a description of St Peter and St Paul's on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Cranfield
  • The Methodist Church, Cranfield
  • The Baptist Church, Cranfield

• Church of England
  • The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a building of coarse limestone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, vestry with chamber over it, and a tower containing 5 bells, half turned and rehung in Feb. 1892: the interior was restored by the late Rev. George Gardner Harter, rector 1845-72: the stained east window, by Willement, was the gift of the late J. C. Harter: the west window, also stained, is filled with heraldic glass, and there are 6 other stained windows : the church is seated with richly carved oak benches: on the north side of the communion table is a brass to the Rev. James. Beard M.A. rector from 1820, and on the south are sedilia and piscina: there are also piscinae at the east ends of the aisles and a stoup, anciently used for holy water, just inside the south doorway : the pulpit of Caen stone and marble is a memorial to the Rev. G. G. Harter, rector, d. 1872: and his wife, and was presented by their children in 1882: the lych gate was the gift of the late J. C. Harter esq. : a font was presented as a memorial to Capt. Douglas Douglas Loftus, Oct. 1892, and a brass eagle lectern, at Christmas, 1891, by Mrs. Hill. The register dates from the year 1600. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
• Non-conformist
  • There are Wesleyan and two Baptist chapels. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts for SS. Peter and Paul are available on microfiche for the period 1600-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.

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

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Cranfield to another place.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SP955422 (Lat/Lon: 52.069945, -0.608145), Cranfield which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• 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.

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