Interpreting Ampthill s rich history

Barry Dackombe & Andrew Underwood Interpreting Ampthill s rich history 2002

Friends Meeting House and Burial Ground, Ampthill A Quaker meeting was first recorded for Ampthill in October, 1726 when the barn occupied by Christopher Bennell was registered at the Quarter Sessions in Bedford as a place intended for the exercise of religious worships of Protestants dissenting from the Church of England. 1 This is in fact the oldest registration identified for Ampthill, under the Act of Toleration. By March 1752 several Friends were appointed to look for a suitable location for a new Meeting House 2. In June, Michael Morris & Richard Austin reported that they have in some degree fixed on a place in order to erect a meeting house if it can be reasonably purchased 3 After six months Christopher Bennell had reached agreement with the meeting house owners regarding its purchase. Arrangements were set in hand for its demolition and the erection of a 30 foot long by 17 foot wide single storied brick meeting house, at a total cost of 136-07-0. 4 The meeting house and associated land were placed in trust in February 1755 with twelve local Friends 5. Within 13 years the meeting house was enlarged with a new 12 foot brick extension at a cost of 74-02-4. 6 Local Friends again financed the extension, which was supplemented by the proceeds from the sale of the Biggleswade Meeting House for 21. By the 1880s local meetings had ceased and in the 1930s with the approval of the Charity Commissioners the building was sold on condition that the proceeds were invested within the compass of the Monthly Meeting. The building was used for the rest of the twentieth century as a public meeting space, however, the building is now leased to the adjacent Cottage Bakery. The burial ground and small garden at the rear are under the care of local Friends and contains 26 headstones. These have been identified and plotted (Table 1 & Figure 1). In 1850 the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends agreed that the graves may be marked by a plain stone, the inscription on which is confined to a simple record of the name, age and date of the decease, of the individual interred. Any headstones bearing an earlier date will have been erected retrospectively. However there have been at least 134 other burials (Table 2), here with the first recorded burial taking place on 20 th May 1755. Before this many Ampthill Quakers were buried at Hogsty End Burial Ground, which is now behind the Woburn Sands Library. Updated 18 March 2006 All references are to documents in the Beds & Luton Archives & Records Service at Bedford 1 : QSR 1726, 84 2 FR6/1/1/1, p98 3 FR6/1/1/1, p100 4 Account of expenditure, FR6/1/1/1, p48 5 Trust Deed, FR24/1/3 6 Account of Expenditure, FR6/1/1/2, p38d

Figure 1: Plan of Ampthill Burial Ground

The Old Friends Meeting House in pictures FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE to 1929 THE CHURCH HALL 1929 to 1969 SAINT ANDREW S HALL 1969 to 1978 thereafter AMPTHILL HALL* Exterior: 1. Between the halls, 1976. With the exception of the wooden window frames which replaced the iron/leaded light originals, there is no change in appearance from the 18 th century apart from the paving slabs installed in 1969. The original cobbles were re-laid personally, painfully & individually, by AGU (!) and remain in situ beneath gravel. (96S). The picture facing the opposite direction was taken at the same time. The lamp was transferred to the new Chapter House. (4V). 2. From the street in the mid 1950s (69AG). Note the slate roofing. The façade was painted in 1969. We toyed with the idea of replacing the present windows with full-length sash ones in Georgian style, but in the end couldn t afford it. (The present white is the wrong shade.) * N.B. the hall is now used by the adjacent Cottage Bakery All image references are to photographs in the Andrew Underwood Collection

3. Exterior and graveyard photographed by Peter Chapman from scaffolding around the chimney of 8 Baker Street, mid 1950s. It is just possible to make out the bricked up door and window in the hall wall. (69AL). 4. The graveyard in 1969 (15A) showing some of the gravestones. The graveyard in 1996 [BD21/3] taken from the old meeting house. There are 26 surviving gravestones, which represents the majority of burials since the mid 19th century*. The first recorded burial took place on 20th May 1755 and there have been 134 recorded burials since (see tables 1 & 2) * In 1850 the London Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends agreed that graves may be marked by a plain stone, the inscription on which is confined to a simple record of the name, age and date of the decease, of the individual interred. Gravestones bearing earlier dates were erected retrospectively

Interior: 5. The only known view as a Meeting House, 1920s. (65L). This is taken across the room looking towards the present entry to the toilets. The window (note leaded lights) was bricked in when converted by the UDC. The two wooden pillars which support the roof are on the left of this picture, supporting a panelled screen which divided the room. (Men and Women were usually kept apart in separate Meetings.) When the UDC modernised the hall the interior was lined with thermalite blockwork and a suspended ceiling hid the delightful original seen here. 6. From a similar viewpoint in 1937 Miss Honora Grimmer (Brown Owl) on the right (73N). Note the emergency exit (it usually had a piano stuck across it in my day) installed by the PCC in 1929, when it became the Church Hall. Outside can be seen the roof of a brick WC intended for use by Gents. Ladies climbed a ramshackle stair in the corner of the kitchen to make use of the facilities there after they had climbed over heaps of leftover jumble and other junk.

7. Reg Lawson (churchwarden) saying farewell to Rector Cooper in 1962 (77O), an interesting picture showing the back wall with marks in the plaster and dado rail where the door to the graveyard has been bricked up.

Table 1: Ampthill Friends Burial Ground Monumental Inscriptions Grave Name Date of death Age Observation. 1) William Morris Died 5 th Month 3 rd 1843 Aged 89 years 2) [face completely worn] 3) Hannah Wise Died 1 st Month 30 th 1864 Aged 70 years 4) John Pilkington Wise Died 12 th Month 13 th 1840 Aged 41 years Jane Wise Died 7 th Month 13 th 1829 Aged 27 years 5) Jane Walker Died 7 th Month 11 th 1868 Aged 51 years 6) James Mathews Died 5 th Month 20 th 1874 Aged 62 years 7) Th Port.. is Died 10 th Month 1889 Aged 61 years [NB. This is Thomas Porter Morris] Ann Morris Died 4 th Month 12 th 1898 Aged. Years [aged 60] 8) William Stearn Died 12 th Month 1901 Aged 78 years Sarah Ann Stearn his wife Died 5 th Month 1910 Aged 85 years 9) oh r Died [John Clark, died 15 th 1 st 1904, aged 85] Eliza Jemima Clark his widow who died same day Aged 82 years [died 12 th 1 st 1904!] 10) Henry Sparkes Died 1 st Month 21 st 1907 Aged 83 years 11) Maria Brown Died. Month.. Aged. Years [in 1971 the year was read as 1912] 12) James Brown Died 1 st Month 9 th 1908 Aged 66 years 13) Brown Died. 190.. Aged.. years [19 th 3 rd 1904, aged 65] 14) Ann...roome Brown Died 4 th Month 27 th 1902 Aged 62 years [Ann Groome Brown] 15)..u...d Died 4 th Month..7 Aged 87 years [Susannah Deane, died 5 th 4 th 1897] 16) Mari row Died 9 th Month 4 th 1889 Aged 87 years [Maria Brown] 17) Frances Deane Died 6 th Month 26 th 1890 Aged 75 years 18) George Allen [died 9 th 9 th 1893, aged 80] 19) Thomas Corder [died 10 th 11 th 1873, aged 61] 20) Christopher Bennell Died 3 rd. 1864 Aged 6.. years [died 30 th 3 rd 1864, aged 67] 21) Crowther Brown Died 6 th Month 5 th 1863 Aged 64 years 22).. Died 5 th Month 25 th 1862 Aged 25 years [NB. In 1971 the first name John was apparently readable] 23) Pumphrey Died 8 th Month 29 th 1824 Aged 24 years 24) Thomas Pumphrey Died [died 6 th 2 nd 1825, aged 65] 25) Samuel Bennell Died 9 th Month 185.. 26) Bennell Died 5 th Month 3 rd 1855 [NB. This stone is broken & is resting against the Yew tree, having been found buried several years ago]

Table 2: Ampthill Burials from Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Quarterly Meeting Digest Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference Adams Nicholas 1784 2 27 69 Millbrook Grazier Hitchin MM 1784 3 3 Ampthill 1 35 16 22 Adams Elizabeth 1782 8 5 14 mo. Upper Heyford co. Northampton Daughter of John & Hitchin MM 1782 8 9 Ampthill 1 35 12 17 Adams Elizabeth 1787 11 10 74 Millbrook Widow of Nicholas Hitchin MM 1787 11 14 Ampthill 4 35 90 31 Albright 1784 5 3 69 Alderbury Widow of William, late of Cheshum in Bucks 18 Allen George 1893 9 9 80 Ampthill Manufacturing Ashby Ruth 1802 3 12 39 Pulloxhill co. Bedford Ashby 1802 11 12 9 Pulloxhill co. Bedford Barnes John 1787 9 21 5 mo. Darlington co. Northampton Chemist Daughter of William Hitchin MM 1784 5 9 Ampthill 1 35 16 23 1893 9 12 Ampthill BLARS Hitchin MM 1802 3 17 Ampthill 5 47 Hitchin MM 1802 11 14 Ampthill 5 53 Son of John & Ruth Hitchin MM 1787 9 14 Ampthill 4 35 89 50 Barringer James 1787 1 22 74 Millbrook Servant to C Bennell Hitchin MM 1787 1 23 Ampthill 4 35 79 26 Bennell William 1787 1 30 71 Millbrook (died of smallpox) Hitchin MM 1787 1 31 Ampthill 4 35 80 27 Bennell Ruth 1757 2 3 1 mo. Daughter of Joshua & Hitchin MM 1757 2 5 Ampthill 32 19 Bennell Susanna 1810 3 10 37 Ampthill Spinster Hitchin MM 1810 3 16 Ampthill 5 111 Bennell 1788 3 22 50 Ampthill Wife of John Hitchin MM 1788 3 28 Ampthill 4 35 94 32

Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference 20 Bennell Christopher 1864 3 30 67 Sherrington, Bucks 1864 4 3 Ampthill BLARS Bennell John 1801 4 5 73 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1801 4 10 Ampthill NM 5 42 26 Bennell 1833 5 3 64 Houghton Conquest Wife of Joseph Hitchin MM 1833 5 8 Ampthill 6 107 Bennell 1758 5 24 35 Ampthill Wife of John Hitchin MM 1758 5 28 Ampthill 32 19 Bennell Christopher 1755 6 9 4 mo. Ampthill Son of John & Hitchin MM 1755 6 13 Ampthill 31 22 Bennell Lydia 1792 6 14 32 Millbrook Wife of Christopher Hitchin MM 1792 6 17 Ampthill 4 35 132 32 Bennell William 1807 6 22 3½ Houghton Conquest Son of Joseph & Hitchin MM 1807 6 26 Ampthill 5 85 Bennell Susanna 1782 7 10 48 Millbrook Wife of Christopher Hitchin MM 1782 7 15 Ampthill 1 35 11 15 Bennell Maria 1820 7 29 9 Houghton Conquest Daughter of John & Hitchin MM 1820 8 2 Ampthill 5 182 25 Bennell Samuel 1830 9 27 29 Kempston Farmer Hitchin MM 1830 10 3 Ampthill 6 75 Bennell 1764 10 3 6 wks Daughter of John & Hitchin MM 1764 10 6 Ampthill 32 19 Bennell Christopher 1802 10 11 78 Ampthill Grazier Hitchin MM 1802 10 17 Ampthill 5 52 Bennell 1758 11 21 5 Daughter of John Hitchin MM 1758 11 26 Ampthill 32 19 Bentley Sarah 1852 2 20 Ampthill wife of Jacob Bentley 1852 2 26 Ampthill HALS NQ2/5a/41 12 Brown James 1908 1 9 66 Ampthill Pharmaceutical Chemist 1907 1 14 Ampthill BLARS Brown William 1780 1 19 61 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1780 1 24 Ampthill 1 35 8 12 Brown Ann 1805 2 10 51 Ampthill Wife of John Hitchin MM 1805 2 15 Ampthill 5 73 Brown William 1758 2 26 1 Luton Son of Richard & Hannah Hitchin MM 1758 3 3 Ampthill 32 19 Brown Elizabeth 1794 3 17 8 Ampthill Daughter of John & Ann Hitchin MM 1794 3 21 Ampthill 4 35 143 40

Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference Brown Hannah 1794 3 19 nearly 4 Ampthill Daughter of John & Ann Hitchin MM 1794 3 21 Ampthill 4 35 143 41 13 Brown 1904 3 19 65 Ampthill 1904 3 14 Ampthill BLARS 14 Brown Ann Groome 1902 4 27 62 Ampthill Spinster 1902 5 2 Ampthill BLARS Brown John 1807 5 10 59 Ampthill Grocer Hitchin MM 1807 6 26 Ampthill NM 5 85 Brown Ruth 1756 5 15 4 Ampthill Daughter of Wm & Ruth Hitchin MM 1756 5 18 Ampthill 31 22 21 Brown Crowther 1863 6 5 64 Ampthill 1863 6 10 Ampthill BLARS 16 Brown Maria 1889 9 4 88 Ampthill Widow of Crowther 1889 9 9 Ampthill BLARS Brown Joseph 1787 9 12 3 wks Ampthill Son of John & Ann Hitchin MM 1787 9 14 Ampthill 4 35 88 29 Brown William 1788 11 22 6 wks Ampthill Son of John & Ann Hitchin MM 1788 11 24 Ampthill 4 35 97 34 9 Clark Eliza Jemima 1904 1 12 82 Ampthill widow of John 1904 1 15 Ampthill NM BLARS 9 Clark John 1904 1 15 85 Ampthill Bankers clerk (retired) 1904 1 15 Ampthill NM BLARS 19 Corder Thomas 1873 11 10 61 Cranfield Miller & Corndealer 1873 11 13 Ampthill NM BLARS 15 Deane Susannah 1897 4 5 97 Ampthill Spinster 1897 4 9 Ampthill NM BLARS 17 Deane Frances 1890 6 26 75 Ampthill Widow of Thomas Deane of Poplar Ellington Eleanor 1831 8 21 92 Cranfield (late of Ampthill) 1890 6 30 Ampthill NM BLARS Spinster Hitchin MM 1831 8 24 Ampthill 6 85 Ellis William 1785 2 3 85 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1785 2 6 Ampthill 1 35 17 25 Exton 1772 1 24 15 mo. Daughter of George & Hitchin MM 1772 1 28 Ampthill 32 20

Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference Exton Robert 1770 2 1 7 mo Son of George & Hitchin MM 1770 2 3 Ampthill 32 20 Exton George 1802 2 11 58 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1802 2 17 Ampthill 5 46 Exton Ruth 1770 2 15 2½ Daughter of George Hitchin MM [blank] Ampthill 32 20 Exton Elizabeth 1773 3 7 6 mo. Ampthill Daughter of George & Hitchin MM 1773 3 9 Ampthill 32 20 Exton Ruth Brown 1794 3 26 4 yrs 11 mo. Daughter of George & Hitchin MM 1794 3 30 Ampthill 4 35 144 42 Exton 1789 4 28 41 Ampthill Wife of George Hitchin MM 1789 5 3 Ampthill 4 35 105 35 Exton 1767 6 11 Woodbourn Wife of Francis Hitchin MM [blank] Ampthill 32 20 Exton 1775 11 13 33 Ampthill Wife of George Hitchin MM 1775 11 17 Ampthill 32 20 Exton William 1775 11 25 3 wks Son of George & Hitchin MM 1775 11 28 32 20 Exton Francis 1767 12 9 Woodbourn Husband of Hitchin MM [blank] Ampthill 32 20 Houghton Sarah 1776 5 19 68 Ampthill (a maiden) Hitchin MM 1776 5 19 Ampthill 1 35 1 2 Humphrey Ann 1795 1 29 39 Luton Daughter of Edmund & Judith Hitchin MM 1795 2 1 Ampthill 1 18 Humphrey William 1790 3 31 70 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1790 4 4 Ampthill 4 35 111 36 Humphrey 1810 4 9 89 Ampthill Widow of James Hitchin MM 1810 4 5 Ampthill 5 115 Humphrey 1755 5 17 38 Clophill Hitchin MM 1755 5 20 Ampthill 32 20 Humphrey James 1799 7 1 76 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1799 7 5 Ampthill 5 27 Humphrey James 1758 11 5 5 Son of James & Hitchin MM 1758 11 10 Ampthill 32 19 Kent Elizabeth 1801 5 30 33 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1801 6 3 Ampthill NM 5 43 Kent Sarah 1783 9 20 30 Ampthill Wife of Robert Hitchin MM 1783 9 23 Ampthill 1 35 15 20 Mann John 1868 2 21 85 Ampthill 1878 2 27 Ampthill BLARS

Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference Mann 1871 11 17 70 Ampthill Wife of John 1871 11 20 Ampthill NM BLARS Mason Jane 1800 11 29 55 Clophill (widow) Hitchin MM 1800 12 3 Ampthill 5 39 6 Mathews James 1874 5 20 62 1874 5 25 Ampthill BLARS May Samuel 1851 1 17 Ampthill grocer & draper HCRO NQ2/5a/42 May Edward 1805 1 19 73 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1805 1 27 Ampthill 5 71 May Lewis 1837 2 1 15 Ampthill Son of Samuel & Hitchin MM 1837 3 11 Ampthill 6 136 May Sophia 1819 2 25 13 mo. Ampthill Ann Daughter of Samuel & Ann Hitchin MM 1819 2 28 Ampthill 5 167 May Samuel junr 1830 3 8 16½ Brighton Son of Samuel & Ann Hitchin MM 1830 2 5 Ampthill 45 14 May Ann 1847 3 13 Ampthill wife of Samuel HALS NQ2/5a/43 May Walter 1819 4 12 3 Ampthill Daughter of Samuel & Ann Hitchin MM 1819 4 16 Ampthill 5 167 May Margaret Sims 1874 11 1 48 Leighton Buzzard Morris Sarah 1806 1 9 37 Ampthill Daughter of John & Morris William 1779 2 1 6 Ampthill Son of John & 1874 11 6 Ampthill BLARS Hitchin MM 1806 1 17 Ampthill 5 76 Hitchin MM 1779 2 7 Ampthill 1 35 7 11 Morris William 1800 2 17 8 wks Ampthill Son of Wm & Ann Hitchin MM 1800 2 21 Ampthill 5 34 Morris Grace 1756 2 22 40 Ampthill Wife of John Hitchin MM 1756 2 27 Ampthill 31 22 Morris Philip 1758 2 25 2 Ampthill Son of John Hitchin MM 1758 3 3 Ampthill 32 19 Morris 1801 3 18 6 wks Ampthill Daughter of William & Ann Hitchin MM 1801 3 20 Ampthill 5 41 7 Morris Ann 1898 4 12 60 Ampthill Widow of Thomas Porter Morris 1898 4 15 Ampthill NM BLARS Morris Catherine 1802 4 29 5 wks Ampthill Hitchin MM 1802 5 2 Ampthill 5 48

Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference 1 Morris William 1843 5 3 Ampthill Baker HALS NQ2/5a/44 Morris Ruth 1782 5 9 72 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1782 5 15 Ampthill 1 35 11 14 Morris Grace 1761 5 24 3 mo. Ampthill Daughter of Michael & Dorcas Hitchin MM 1761 5 27 Ampthill 32 19 Morris 1804 6 11 63 Ampthill Wife of John Hitchin MM 1804 6 17 Ampthill 5 69 Morris Dorcas 1806 7 11 81 Ampthill Widow of Michael Hitchin MM 1806 7 16 Ampthill 5 79 Morris Ann 1807 7 12 45 Ampthill Wife of William Hitchin MM 1807 7 19 Ampthill 5 86 Morris Edward 1816 7 28 4 mo. Ampthill Son of Joseph & Martha Hitchin MM 1816 8 1 Ampthill NM 5 155 Morris Michael 1763 9 22 14 Son of Michael & Dorcas 7 Morris Thomas Porter Hitchin MM 1763 9 25 Ampthill 32 19 1889 10 10 61 Ampthill 1889 10 14 Ampthill NM BLARS Morris Michael 1765 11 27 51 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1765 12 2 Ampthill 32 20 Morris Elizabeth Marsh 1798 12 6 6 wks Ampthill Daughter of William Hitchin MM 1798 12 9 Ampthill 5 23 Morris John 1816 12 6 76 Ampthill Brewer Hitchin MM 1816 12 15 Ampthill NM 5 137 Morris John 1770 12 24 55 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1770 12 30 32 20 Pearson Thomas 1761 11 19 22 Servant to John Bennell Hitchin MM 1761 11 22 Ampthill 32 19 Pryor John 1788 1 22 67 Luton Maltster Albans MM 1788 1 25 Ampthill 4 20 93 23 Pryor Ann 1805 5 26 85 Luton Widow of John Hitchin MM 1805 6 2 Ampthill 5 73 Pryor 1786 6 10 11 Stopsley co. Bedford daughter of Chistopher a farmer Albans MM 1786 6 16 Ampthill 4 20 77 125 Pryor 1783 6 15 35 Stopsley in Luton psh Wife of Christopher, a farmer Albans MM 1783 6 20 Ampthill 1 20 14 121 Pryor John 1789 7 4 34 [?] Luton Maltster Albans MM 1789 7 8 Ampthill 4 20 104 29 24 Pumphrey Thomas 1825 2 6 65 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1825 2 13 Ampthill 6 33

Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference 23 Pumphrey 1824 8 20 43 Ampthill Wife of Thomas Hitchin MM 1824 9 5 Ampthill 6 29 Pumphrey William 1824 9 1 8 mo. Ampthill Hitchin MM 1824 8 25 Ampthill 6 29 Richardson 1818 5 5 66 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1818 5 10 Ampthill 5 162 Richardson 1787 7 30 61 Ampthill Widow Hitchin MM 1787 8 5 Ampthill 4 35 85 28 Richardson Rebecca 1809 10 9 53 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1809 10 15 Ampthill 5 108 Samm Elizabeth 1830 9 3 88 Ampthill Spinster Hitchin MM 1830 9 8 Ampthill 6 23 Samm Sarah 1797 9 29 46 Clophill Hitchin MM 1797 10 2 Ampthill 5 17 Sheffield Abraham 1772 3 1 2¾ Son of Abraham & Hitchin MM 1772 3 5 Ampthill 32 20 Sheffield 1776 3 3 38 Ampthill Wife of Abraham, a labourer Hitchin MM 1776 3 5 Ampthill 1 35 1 1 Sheffield Isaac 1760 12 5 45 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1760 12 7 Ampthill 32 19 Sheffield Ruth 1760 12 5 45 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1760 12 7 Ampthill 32 19 Simms 1801 6 28 20 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1801 6 30 Ampthill NM 5 44 10 Sparkes Henry 1907 1 21 83 Mere, co. Wilts Retired Schoolmaster 1907 1 25 Ampthill NM BLARS 8 Stearn Sarah Anne 1910 5 2 85 Ampthill widow of William 1910 5 5 Ampthill BLARS FR6/9/11/1 8 Stearn William 1901 12 2 78 Ampthill 1901 12 6 Ampthill NM BLARS Strange Priscilla 1849 3 7 Ampthill wife of Edward Harris HALS NQ2/5a/45 5 Walker Jane 1868 7 11 51 Ampthill 1868 7 15 Ampthill BLARS Wheeler Nehemiah 1802 3 21 7 wks Ampthill Son of Thomas Hitchin MM 1802 3 26 Ampthill 5 48 Wheeler Mercy 1820 5 13 20 Ampthill Daughter of Thomas & Ann Wheeler Deborah 1827 8 1 21 Daughter of Thomas & Ann Hitchin MM 1820 5 19 Ampthill 5 180 Hitchin MM 1827 8 5 Ampthill NM 6 49 Wheeler Thomas 1824 9 4 63 Ampthill Hitchin MM 1824 9 8 Ampthill NM 6 19 Wheeler Hannah 1811 11 8 2 Ampthill Daughter of Thomas & Ann Hitchin MM 1811 11 13 Ampthill 5 129

Grave no. Surname First name Date Died Age Residence Description Monthly Meeting Date Buried Burial Ground PRO RG6 Book Page No. No. Other Reference 3 Wise Hannah 1864 1 30 70 Ampthill 1864 2 5 Ampthill BLARS 4 Wise Jane 1829 7 13 27 Ampthill Wife of John Pilkington Hitchin MM 1829 7 19 Ampthill 6 65 Wright Ann 1761 8 22 18 Ampthill Daughter of Hitchin MM 1761 8 24 Ampthill 32 19 11 Brown Maria 22 [worn] [worn] Notes: References: NM refers to the buried person not being a member of the Society of Friends (they would have been attenders of meetings) BLARS (Bedfordshire & Luton Archive & Record Service, County Hall, Bedford HALS (Hertfordshire Archives & Library Service, County Hall, Hertford NA (National Archives - formerly Public Record Office) RG6 (Quaker registers of Birth, Marriage & Burials surrendered in 1837- now available on microfilm