Sources for Researching Barton-le-Clay

Bedfordshire Archives holds many documents relating to the parish; a search of our online catalogue with Barton-le-Clay as the subject returns approximately 3,300 items. Significant collections for researching people or places in Barton-le-Clay include:  

• P21: Records for the parish of St Nicholas, Barton-le-Clay, including (among other items): registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; records relating to church property; vestry books accounts of overseers of the poor; records of local charities; parish magazines 

• PCBarton: Parish council records, including (among other items): minutes; financial records; documents relating to footpaths, allotments 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 Barton-le-Clay as the subject and QSR as the reference will find criminal cases in which the parish is mentioned.  

• MA42 and Award Book L: Enclosure map and award, c.1814 

• MB2/BAR1: Records of Barton Primitive Methodist Church 

• MB2/BAR2: Records of Barton-le-Clay Methodist Church (formerly Wesleyan) 

• SDBarton: Records of Barton Manor School 

• SDBartonRamsey: Records of Ramsey School 

• SDBartonRM: Records of Ramsey Manor Lower School 

• X688: Deeds relating to property in Barton and elsewhere 

• Z402: Papers of Barton historian Ivan J O’Dell

• Z1220: Inner Wheel Club of Barton-le-Clay 

• Z50/7: Photographs of Barton-le-Clay

• Z1130/7: Postcards with pictures of Barton-le-Clay 

• Z1306/7: Postcards with pictures of Barton-le-Clay

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 Barton-le-Clay include:  

• Victoria County History entry for Barton-le-Clay, available through British History Online. Although published in 1908 most of the information is still relevant.   

• The National Archives' Manorial Documents Register lists all manorial documents known to survive for the manor of Barton-le-Clay. 

• Open Domesday lists 1 entry for Barton-le-Clay 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.