Aston Clinton St Leonard, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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

Alternative names: St Leonards, St Leonard

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1738
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1844

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LEONARD (ST.), a hamlet-chapelry in Aston-Clinton parish, Bucks; near the boundary with Herts, 3 miles ESE of Wendover, and 4¼ SW of Tring r. station. Post town, Tring. Acres, 970. Real property, £977. Pop., 189. Houses, 35. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £170. Patrons, Trustees. The church is ancient and handsome; was once a chantry chapel to Missenden abbey; has been restored and beautified; and contains some interesting old armour and many monuments and tablets.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

LEONARD, ST., a chapelry, in the parish of Aston-Clinton, union and hundred of Aylesbury, county of Buckingham, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Wendover; containing 178 inhabitants. The living is a donative; patrons and impropriators, Sir J. D. King, Bart., and others, as trustees. The chapel is endowed with lands producing £170 per annum.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Registers

Marriages at Aston Clinton 1560 to 1812 Buckinghamshire Parish Registers: Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and F. W. Ragg, Vicar of Masworth. Vol. 2. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

1851 census of Weston Turville, St Leonards, Halton, Aston Clinton, Cholesbury, Hawridge Author: Buckinghamshire Family History Society

Church Records

Parish registers for St Leonard, 1738-1820 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St Leonard (Buckinghamshire)

Computer printout of St Leonards, Bucks., Eng

History

Hilltop villages of the Chilterns : Cholesbury, Hawridge, St Leonards, Buckland Common Author: Hay, David; Hay, Joan

Buckinghamshire Historical Directories

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Buckinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District: Aylesbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
  • Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Wendover
  • Poor Law Union: Aylesbury
  • Hundred: Aylesbury
  • Province: Canterbury