Gawcott, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Gawcott is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire, created in 1818 from Buckingham Ancient Parish.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1806
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1809

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Tingewick
• Buckingham
• Radclive
• Hillesden

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GAWCOTT, a chapelry in Buckingham parish, Bucks; 2 miles SSW of Buckingham town and r. station. It has a post-office under Buckingham. Real property, £1, 874. Pop., 571. Houses, 140. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £148. Patrons, Trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1828. Charities, £69.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Buckinghamshire, Gawcott – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Gawcott, 1813-1828
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Gawcott (Buckinghamshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Grove, 1576-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Grove (Buckinghamshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Gawcott (Buckinghamshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Grendon-Underwood (Buckinghamshire)

Parish registers for Gawcott, 1806-1898
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Gawcott (Buckinghamshire)

England, Buckinghamshire, Gawcott – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Gawcott, Bucks., Eng

Maps

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

Administration

• County: Buckinghamshire
• Civil Registration District: Buckingham
• Probate Court: Pre-1846 – Court of the Peculiar of Buckingham, Post-1845 – Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
• Diocese: Pre-1837 – Lincoln, Post-1836 – Oxford
• Rural Deanery: Buckingham
• Poor Law Union: Buckingham
• Hundred: Buckingham Borough
• Province: Canterbury