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1871 England Census

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Please choose a civil parish in Bedfordshire:

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

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.