Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Leckhampstead is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1558

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LECKHAMPSTEAD, a parish and a sub-district in the district and county of Buckingham.

The parish lies on an affluent of the river Ouse, adjacent to the Buckingham canal and to the boundary with Northamptonshire, 3¾ miles NE by N of Buckingham r. station. Post town, Buckingham. Acres, 2,522. Real property, £4,288; of which £14 are in the canal. Pop., 482. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to H. W. Beauclerk, Esq. Much of the land is under wood.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £517. Patron, H. W. Beauclerk, Esq. The church is ancient but good; consists of nave, N aisle, S porch, and chancel, with W tower; and contains three sedilia, a piscina, an effigies of a knight, and a brass of 1506. There is a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Leckhampstead, 3 miles N.E. Buckingham. P. 505

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Buckinghamshire, Leckhampstead – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Leckhampstead, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Buckinghamshire, Leckhampstead – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Leckhampstead, 1576-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leckhampstead (Buckinghamshire)

Leckhampstead parish register
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leckhampstead (Buckinghamshire)

Parish registers for Leckhampstead, 1558-1931
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Leckhampstead (Buckinghamshire)

England, Buckinghamshire, Leckhampstead – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Leckhampstead, Buckingham, England

Administration

  • County: Buckinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District: Buckingham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
  • Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Post-1844 – Buckingham, Pre-1845 – None
  • Poor Law Union: Buckingham
  • Hundred: Buckingham
  • Province: Canterbury