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Bolnhurst

St Dunstan


Parish Profile: The church of St. Dunstan is a stone building in the Early Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, porch, vestry and a tower containing 4 bells, a beautiful carved screen divides the nave and chancel, and on one of the walls is a fresco of St. Christopher bearing the infant Christ: the chancel was completely restored and the roof re-covered with oak and lead in 1884; the walls and porch were also repaired. Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898

Original Sources

Ref: P46/5/1 Bedford and Luton Archives and Records Service
  £sd   £sd   £sd   £sd   £sd
1675 missing 1676 3.05.03 1677 missing 1678 missing 1679 2.13.11
                   
1680 missing 1681 missing 1682 3.05.06 1683 1.17.07 1684 2.16.03
                   
1685 2.12.04 1686 missing 1687 9.01.11 1688 missing 1689 missing
                   
1690 missing 1691 missing 1692 2.11.08 1693 6.17.00 1694 missing
                   
1695 S4.03.09 1696 S3.06.06 1697 missing 1698 missing 1699 S8.13.03
                   
1700 missing 1701 missing 1702 missing 1703 missing 1704 missing
                   
1705 S8.14.03 1706 3.12.06 1707 missing 1708 2.07.06 1709 4.06.05
                   
1710 7.15.03 1711 6.13.06 1712 6.18.09 1713 3.13.08 1714 5.05.08
                   
1715 9.12.04 1716 2.04.11 1717 3.14.05 1718 11.17.11 1719 13.04.02
                   
1720 3.05.08 1721 8.06.02 1722 3.04.08 1723 2-yr a/c< 1724 10.03.06
                   
1725 7.15.11 1726 missing 1727 5.13.06 1728 7.01.07 1729 7.04.10
                   
1730 4.17.08 1731 3.10.03 1732 4.03.09 1733 no total 1734 5.19.08
                   
1735 4.00.01 1736 no total 1737 4.02.04 1738 3.13.07 1739 4.19.10
                   
1740 12.18.06 1741 3.13.00 1742 3.18.10 1743 4.06.01 1744 5.03.03
                   
1745 4.07.10 1746 4.19.02 1747 3.00.03 1748 4.03.09 1749 missing
                   
1750 2-yr a/c< 1751 12.07.02 1752 10.04.01 1753 no total 1754 no total
                   
1755 missing 1756 4.11.06 1757 3.11.06 1758 3.14.07 1759 missing
                   
1760 missing 1761 5.14.07 1762 5.12.01 1763 18.12.08 1764 missing
                   
1765 10.14.08                
                   
Ref:P46/5/2 Bedford and Luton Archives and Records Service
  £sd   £sd   £sd   £sd   £sd
1765 see above 1766 16.04.00 1767 3.11.00 1768 5.11.05 1769 4.17.00
                   
1770 4.02.03 1771 8.00.09 1772 5.16.05 1773 4.12.08 1774 7.10.04
                   
1775 7.19.02 1776 9.09.01 1777 3.08.05 1778 3-yr a/c< 1779 3-yr a/c<
                   
1780 5.13.10 1781 4.07.10 1782 2-yr a/c< 1783 19.14.10 1784 7.09.06
                   
1785 5.07.03 1786 7.10.01 1787 4.10.05 1788 6.18.10 1789 no total
                   
1790 5.04.09 1791 8.12.05 1792 6.02.03 1793 4.13.07 1794 7.11.04
                   
1795 10.08.02 1796 8.16.07 1797 5.11.07 1798 7.07.02 1799 7.07.09
                   
1800 missing 1801 missing 1802 missing 1803 8.08.00 1804 8.13.08
                   
1805 27.12.08 1806 8.17.07 1807 20.04.11 1808 8.05.03 1809 4-yr a/c<
                   
1810 4-yr a/c< 1811 4-yr a/c< 1812 40.12.11 1813 29.14.02 1814 10.16.11
                   
1815 5.14.06 1816 2-yr a/c< 1817 10.05.08 1818 8.15.10 1819 11.08.09
                   
1820 8.01.01 1821 12.10.10 1822 11.14.03 1823 36.18.00 1824 27.18.10
                   
1825 17.03.05 1826 11.19.02 1827 17.12.11 1828 10.08.03 1829 11.05.05
                   
1830 11.11.04 1831 16.11.09 1832 7.10.08 1833 8.12.00 1834 7.15.10
                   
1835 9.11.04                
                   


Printed Sources

Bedfordshire Vermin Payments (1936)
Steele Elliott, J.
1677 E 1678 E 1679 E        
                   
1680 E                
                   
1685 E 1686 E            
                   
1710 E 1711 E            
                   
1777 E 1778 E            
                   
1794 E 1795 E 1799 E        
                   
1800 E