Non-Ecclesiastical Birth and Death registers

We hold a number of birth and death registers from institutions such as workhouses and asylums. Birth records were also sometimes kept for other purposes, such as to ensure compulsory vaccination and school attendance.

The registers are listed below in alphabetical order by place:

Ampthill

Poor Law Union: Workhouse Records

• PUAV26: Births, 1847-1936
• PUAV16/1-3: Deaths, 1906-1951

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUAH3/1-7: Births, 1873-76, 1890-91, 1899-1900, 1904-27
• PUAV15/1-6:  Births (sub-districts), 1912-25

Barford

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV15/1-3: Births (Bedford rural area), 1881-83
• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months (Barford sub-district), 1883-85

Bedford

Poor Law Union: Workhouse Records

• PUBV36/1: Births, 1836-57
• PUBV26/1: Births and deaths, 1915-31
• PUBV26/3: Births, 1932-41
• PUBV37/0-3: Deaths, 1835-57, 1926-45

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months, 1883-85

Poor Law Union: Other

• PUBV31: Index of births, 1871-72

Education Records: School Attendance

• EBV3/1-2: Births (Bedford & Cardington Registration District), 1897-1916
• EBV3/3-4: Births (Bedford & Kempston Registration District), 1897-1916
• EBV3/5-11: Births (Bedford Borough), 1916-37
• EBV4/1-4: Deaths of children, 1897-1952

Bedford Borough: Vaccination Records

• GPV26/1/1-20: Births, 1927-46

Bedford Central Midwives Board

• Z797/9/6: Births, 1938-47

Bedford Lunatics Asylum

• LB3/21: Burials, 1838-60
• LB3/14 and 22: Deaths, 1845-58

Cardington

Education Records: School Attendance

• EBV3/1-2: Births (Bedford & Cardington Registration District), 1897-1916

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months (Bedford & Cardington sub-district), 1883-85

Bedford Rural District Council: Vaccination Records

• GPV36/2/1-20: Births, 1927-34

Edlesborough (Buckinghamshire)

Poor Law Union (Leighton Buzzard): Vaccination Records

• PULBH3/1-10: Births (Edlesborough sub-district), 1875-1902, 1926-28

Harrold

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV15/1-3: Births (Harrold sub-district), 1881-83
• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months (Harrold sub-district), 1883-85

Bedford Rural District Council: Vaccination Records

• GPV36/2/1-20: Births, 1927-46

Ivinghoe (Buckinghamshire)

Poor Law Union (Leighton Buzzard): Vaccination Records

• PULBH3/1-10: Births (Ivinghoe sub-district), 1875-1902, 1926-28

Kempston

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months (Bedford & Kempston sub-district, 1883-85

Bedford Rural District Council: Vaccination Records

• GPV36/2/1-20: Births, 1927-46

Education Records: School Attendance

• EBV3/3-4: Births (Bedford & Kempston Registration District), 1897-1916

Springfield Private Lunatic Asylum

• LSP4: Death notices, 1837-1923

Leighton Buzzard

Poor Law Union: Workhouse Records

• PULBV26: Births, 1858-1936
• PULBV: Deaths, 1958-1940

Poor Law Union: Vaccinations Records

• PULBH3/1-10: Births (Leighton Buzzard sub-district), 1875-1902, 1926-28

Luton

Poor Law Union: Workhouse Records

• PULV15/1-3: Births, 1866-1949
• PULV16/1-6: Deaths, 1866-1951

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PULH3/1: Births, 1891

St. Mary’s Hospital

• HOLSMR6/1-3: Deaths, 1951-1968

Puckeridge (Hertfordshire)

Central Midwives Board

• Z797/9/6: Births, 1931-38

Riseley

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV15/1-3: Births (Riseley sub-district), 1881-83
• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months (Riseley sub-district), 1883-85

Bedford Rural District Council: Vaccination Records

• GPV36/2/1-20: Births, 1927-46

Sharnbrook

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV15/1-3: Births (Sharnbrook sub-district), 1881-83
• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months (Sharnbrook sub-district), 1883-85

Turvey

Poor Law Union: Vaccination Records

• PUBV15/1-3: Births (Turvey sub-district), 1881-83
• PUBV16/1: Deaths of children aged under 12 months (Turvey sub-district), 1883-85

Wing (Buckinghamshire)

Poor Law Union (Leighton Buzzard): Vaccination Records

• PULBH3/1-10: Births (Wing sub-district), 1875-1902, 1926-28