Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Aston Clinton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire. Aston Clinton St Leonard is a chapelry of Aston Clinton.

Parish church: St Michael And All Angels

Parish registers begin: 1560

Nonconformists include: Baptist

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASTON-CLINTON, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of Aylesbury, Bucks. The township lies near Icknield-street and the Wendover and Aylesbury canals, 3½ miles ESE of Aylesbury r. station. It has a post office under Tring; and is a meet of the Rothschild hounds. Acres, 2,670. Real property, £4,532. Pop., 1,108. Houses, 232.

The parish includes also the hamlet of St. Leonard. Acres, 3,640. Real property, £5,509. Pop., 1,297. Houses, 267. The property is divided among a few. Aston-Clinton House was the seat of Viscount Lake, who died in 1808. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £506. Patron, Jesus’ College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel, and charities £192. The p. curacy of St. Leonard is a separate charge. The subdistrict comprises ten parishes. Acres, 17,752. Pop., 5,246. Houses, 1,073.

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