Sources for Researching Aspley Guise
Bedfordshire Archives holds many documents relating to the parish; a search of our online catalogue with Aspley Guise as the subject returns approximately 4,900 items. Significant collections for researching people or places in Aspley Guise include:
- P122: Records for the parish of St Botolph, Aspley Guise, including: registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; records relating to church property; churchwardens’ accounts; records of overseers of the poor; charity records; parish magazines; parochial church council minutes
- PCAspleyGuise: Parish council records, including: minutes; financial records; documents relating to rights of way, allotments, development and other local matters
- ABP/W: Wills proved in the Archdeaconry of Bedford, 1536-1857
- QSR: Quarter Sessions Records for Bedfordshire from 1714-1900. A search combining Stotfold as the subject and QSR as the reference will find criminal cases in which the parish is mentioned.
- MA94: Enclosure map for Aspley Guise, 1761
- MAT1: Tithe map for Aspley Guise, 1849
- SDAspleyGuise: Records of Aspley Guise National, Board, Council, County Primary, Lower
- Z50/3A: Photographs of Aspley Guise
- Z1130/3A: Postcards of Aspley Guise
- Z1306/3A: Postcards of Aspley Guise
Further details of these items can be found through our online catalogue. Our detailed collection guides give more information about the types of records we hold.
Other useful sources for information about Aspley Guise include:
- Victoria County History entry for Aspley Guise, available through British History Online. Although published in 1912 most of the information is still relevant.
- The National Archives' Manorial Documents Register lists all manorial documents known to survive for the manor of Aspley Guise.
- Open Domesday lists 1 entry for Aspley Guise in the Domesday Book of 1086
Copies of the parish registers listing baptisms, marriages and burials up to 1812 can be purchased from Bedfordshire Archives.
We offer an enquiry and research service, however this is limited to local history, properties and general subjects; we are no longer able to carry out genealogy research.