Clapham
St Thomas-a-Beckett
Parish Profile: The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1861, is of native limestone, in the Early English style, from designs by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A. and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and a very early and massive tower 81 feet high, without buttresses, mentioned by Rickman as one of the best and most remarkable of the remaining examples of Early Saxon, and containing 5 bells;. Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898 |
Original Sources
Ref: | P/117/5/1 | Bedford and Luton Archives and Records Service | |||||||
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£sd | £sd | £sd | £sd | £sd | |||||
1810 | missing | 1811 | missing | 1812 | missing | 1813 | 15.01.00 | 1814 | 11.10.06 |
1815 | 21.18.11 | 1816 | 30.02.05 | 1817 | 17.11.06 | 1818 | 17.18.06 | 1819 | 17.15.10 |
1820 | 15.02.00 | 1821 | 13.09.03 | 1822 | 20.04.06 | 1823 | 41.10.02 | 1824 | 28.09.07 |
1825 | 2-yr a/c< | 1826 | 28.09.07 | 1827 | 12.04.01 | 1828 | 13.14.01 | 1829 | 13.08.04 |
1830 | 17.00.09 | 1831 | 11.07.10 | 1832 | 10.05.05 | 1833 | 13.06.06 | 1834 | missing |
Printed Sources
Bedfordshire Vermin Payments (1936) | |||||||||
Steele Elliott, J. | |||||||||
1814 | E | 1815 | E | 1816 | E | ||||
1822 | E | 1823 | E | 1824 | E | ||||
1828 | E | 1829 | E | 1830 | E | ||||