Biddenham
General History
Melville's Directory 1867

Biddenham > General History

BIDDENHAM is a village and parish, pleasantly situated On the river Ouse, distant about 2 miles from Bedford. The population in 1851 was 382, and in 1861 it was 350. The number of acres is about 1,500. The Church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is an ancient stone edifice, in the Roman style of architecture. It consists of nave, aisles, and tower, with six bells. In the interior of the Church are several ancient brasses, and a piece of tapestry, with the date 1542, which is in a good state of preservation. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Ely, and in the gift of Lord Dynevor. The Rev. B. C. Smith is the vicar.

Post Office - Miss Nicholls, receiver. Letters delivered, 7a.m. Despatched, 6p.m.

Bayes, James, grocer
Davis William, Three Tuns inn
Felts, John, farmer and butcher
Felts, James, baker and grocer
Golding, William, esq. land agent farmer
Green, Samuel, shoemaker Howard, Charles, farmer
Landon, William, farm bailiff
Lavender, William, farmer
Lavender, Francis Alfred, farmer
Robe, John, esq.
Smith, the Rev. Boteler Chernocke, vicar
Summerlin, Frederick, blacksmith
West, Charles, clerk of the parish, constable, and carrier

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