Henlow
General History
Melville's Directory 1867 (Extract)

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HENLOW is a village and parish, 12 miles south-east from Bedford, in the hundred of Clifton, and diocese of Ely. The population in 1851 was 970, and in 1861 it was 1,011; the number of acres about 2,312. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a very old stone structure, with a tower. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor ; the Rev. H. S. Yates, M.A., is the vicar.

Letters through Shefford.

Ashman, Samuel, tailor
Batterson, Richard, wheelwright
Booth, Misses, Northfield cottage
Child, George, rakemaker
Daniel, William, brewer
Davis, Thomas, farmer
Ell, Elizabeth, baker and farmer
Ell, Jane, miller
Ell, John, farmer
Fowler, Francis, farmer
Gurney, John, farmer
Hanbury, General, the Grange
Hare, George, shoemaker
Hare, Ann and Son, bakers and farmers
Headde, William, shopkeeper
Larkins, William, grocer and draper
Long, James, farmer
Payne, John, shopkeeper
Tingey, William, Crown inn
Tingey, Elizabeth, farmer
Tingey, George, grocer
Turner, George, blacksmith
Turner, John, blacksmith
Wand, John, saddler
Whitaker, J. H. brewer
Yates, Rev. Hugh Seymour, M.A. vicar

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