Meppershall

• The 1851 Census Index for Meppershall 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 St Mary's on the Bedfordshire Parish Churches website.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Meppershall

• Church of England
  • The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a small cruciform building of stone, partly of Norman date, with Early English and Perpendicular additions and insertions, consisting of chancel, transepts, nave, aisles,, and a central tower containing 5 bells : both transepts have recesses for altars and piscine : there is a brass effigy of a knight in plate armour, with an inscription, below to John Meptyshale esq. 1440, and Katherine his wife ; the effigy of the latter, two shields and some scrolls, are lost: there is a similar, but mutilated knightly effigy, one of a female, and an inscription below to John Boteler esq. 1441, and Elizabeth (Kymbell), his wife: the whole church was restored, the nave rebuilt, and aisles added, in 1875-6, at a cost of £3,000. The register dates from the year 1653. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

• Church of England
  • The parish record transcripts for St Mary Magdalene are available on microfiche for the period 1653-1812 from the Bedfordshire Family History Society.
  • A CDrom containing the Parish Records for Meppershall is available from the Meppershall Parochial Church Council.

• St. Thomas' chapel, now used as a barn of the Chapel farm, is supposed to have been connected with Chicksands Priory, and contains a very fine Norman doorway; there are also, near the church, the remains of an ancient fortification, called "The Hills." Here are extensive steam brick and tile works, capable of turning out 80,000 bricks per week. A siding, in connection with Henlow station affords facilities for sending away any quantity of the manufactured material; Mr. Eli Plowman, proprietor. There is a coprolite pit here, owned by Mr. Frederick Smith, of Royston, Cambridgeshire. [Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]

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

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You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TL136363 (Lat/Lon: 52.01351, -0.346148), Meppershall which are provided by:

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• 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)
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• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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• The BFHS Project in conjunction with Roll of Honour contains the Meppershall War Memorial transcription for WW1 with details of the men found on it and Meppershall St Mary's War Memorial transcription for WW1 with details of the men found on it