Oakley - General History

Melville's Directory 1867 (Extract)

Oakley is a pleasant village and parish, distant four and a half miles north-west from Bedford, in the hundred of Stodden, Union of Bedford, and diocese of Ely. The population in 1851 was 457, and in 1861 it was 443; and the number of acres about 1,500. The Church is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Bromham, in the gift of Eton College; and the Rev. H. E. D. Radcliffe is the officiating clergyman. Here are two Dissenting Chapels and a Free School.

Letters through Bedford.

Berrill, James, schoolmaster
Berrill, Joseph, bricklayer
Berill, Keziah, schoolmistress
Gosling, Henry Valentine, farmer
Hilton, John, farmer
Hine, Geroge, farmer
Horrell, John, farmer
Maxey, Mary, baker
Noble, Joseph, tailor
Pacey, John, carpenter
Prentice, John, shopkeeper
Radcliffe, Rev. H. E. D., M.A
Rogers, Charles, farmer
Scrivener, George, tailor
Taylor, John, gardener
Taylor, Henry, farm baliff
Woods, Ann, Bedford Arms Inn
Young, William, smith

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