Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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Updated onOctober 17, 2024

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Ellesborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Dunsmore and Dunmore.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1603
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ELLESBOROUGH, a village and a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks. The village stands 2½ miles SW by W of Wendover, and 3½ NE by N of Princes Risborough r. station. It was once a considerable town, but is not small and rural. The parish comprises 3,310 acres. Post town, Wendover, under Tring. Real property, £4,273. Pop., 724. Houses, 155. The property is divided among a few. An ancient fortification, called Belinus castle, is near the church; and traces of British camps are on Belinesbury hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, 285. Patron, Sir R. G. Russell, Bart. The church was founded by St. Edburga of Quarrendon; contains a fine tomb of Brigetta Croke, of date 1659; and was recently repaired. There are alms-houses with £97, and a fuel allotment.

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