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1881 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Bedfordshire:

Ampthill Goldington Sandy
Arlesey Great Barford Sharnbrook
Aspley Guise Harlington Shefford
Astwick Harrold Shefford Hardwick
Barton le Clay Hawnes Shelton
Barton-le-Cley Heath and Reach Shillington
Battlesden Henlow Silsoe
Bedford St Peter Higham Gobion Souldrop
Biddenham Hockliffe Southill
Biggleswade Holwell St Cuthbert
Billington Houghton Conquest St John
Bletsoe Houghton Regis St Mary
Blunham Hulcote St Paul
Bolnhurst Husborne Crawley St Pauls
Bromham Kempston St Peter
Cadd Herts Keysoe St Peter Martin
Caddington Knotting St Peters
Caddington Beds Langford Stagsden
Caddington Herb Leighton Buzzard Stanbridge
Campton Lidlington Steppingley
Cardington Little Barford Stevington
Carlton Little Staughton Stotfold
Chalgrave Lower Gravenhurst Streatley
Chellington Luton Studham
Chicksands Marston Sundon
Clapham Maulden Sutton
Clifton Melchbourne Tempsford
Clophill Meppershall Thurleigh
Cockayne Hatley Millbrook Tilbrook
Colmworth Milton Bryant Tilsworth
Cople Milton Ernest Tingrith
Cranfield Nether Dean Toddington
Dean Northill Totternhoe
Dunstable Oakley Turvey
Dunton Odell Upper Gravenhurst
Eastcotts Old Warden Upper Stondon
Eaton Bray Pavenham Westoning
Eaton Socon Pertenhall Whipsnade
Edworth Podington Wilden
Egginton Potsgrove Willington
Elstow Potton Wilstead
Eversholt Pulloxhill Woburn
Everton Ravensden Wootton
Eyeworth Renhold Wrestlingworth
Farndish Ridgmont Wymington
Felmersham Riseley Yeldon
Flitton Roxton
Flitwick Salford

Census Records - Parishes

After separating census records into groups by county, the British Government subdivided these records into civil parish groups. Many times, but not always, the civil parish name is the same as the local ecclesiastical parish. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was recorded on the census, so it remains important to search the parishes surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.