Stowe Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Stowe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Dadfort, Dadford, Boycott, and Lamport

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1568

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOWE, a parish, with three hamlets, in the district and county of Buckingham; 2¾ miles NNW of Buckingham r. station. Post town, Buckingham. Acres, 2,950. Real property, £5,013. Pop., 352. Houses, 71.

The manor, with S. House, belongs to the Duke of Buckingham. S. House is in the Grecian style, of centre and wings, with a frontage of 916 feet; had once a remarkable magnificence, as well internally as externally; suffered decadence in 1848, by the sale of its rich moveable contents, to pay off a mortgage of £1,500,000: but still is distinguished both by its own architecture and by the decorations of its grounds. Boycott Manor-House, a recent erection in the Tudor style, is the seat ofHiggins, Esq.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £25. Patron, the Duke of Buckingham. The church is good.

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

Stowe, 1½ m. N.W. Buckingham. P. 410

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Buckinghamshire, Stowe – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stowe, 1575-1834
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stowe (Buckinghamshire)

England, Buckinghamshire, Stowe – Description and travel ( 1 )
Descriptions of Lord Cobham’s gardens at Stowe (1700-1750)
Author: Clarke, G. B.

England, Buckinghamshire, Stowe – History ( 1 )
Descriptions of Lord Cobham’s gardens at Stowe (1700-1750)
Author: Clarke, G. B.

England, Buckinghamshire, Stowe – Schools ( 2 )
The dynasty of Stowe
Author: Knight, G. Wilson (George Wilson), 1897-; Stowe School

The origin of Stowe School
Author: Croom-Johnson, Reginald P.

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

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