Linslade, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide
Linslade is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
In 1965 the ancient parish of Linslade in Buckinghamshire was transferred into Bedfordshire and amalgamated with Leighton Buzzard to form the new civil parish, and Urban District, of Leighton-Linslade. The ecclesiastical parishes remained separate. The Urban District was abolished in 1974 and Leighton-Linslade became part of the newly formed South Bedfordshire District Council (which lasted until 2009
Other places in the parish include: Southcott.
Alternative names: Linchlade
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1690
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575
Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LINCHLADE, or LINSLADE, a village and a parish in the district of Leighton-Buzzard and county of Buckingham. The village stands on the Northwestern railway, the Grand Junction canal, and the river Ouzel, at the boundary with Beds, contiguous to the new Leighton-Buzzard r. station, in the NNW vicinity of Leighton-Buzzard; is a modern place, of rapid growth, promising to become a town; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Leighton-Buzzard, several inns, and a fife and drum band. The parish contains also a small old village of Linchlade, which was once a market town, and likewise the hamlet of Southcott. Acres, 1,830. Real property, £6,465. Pop. in 1851, 1,309; in 1861, 1,511. Houses, 297. The property is not much divided. The manor belonged formerly to the Beauchamps, and belongs now to W. Pulsford, Esq. A tunnel of the Northwestern railway here is 290 yards long. There are ironstone and a pilgrim’s well. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Valne, £120. Patron, the Bishop of Oxford. The old church stands at the old village, has a tower, and is now used only for burials, and for occasional services in summer. The new church was built in 1849; and, together with a national school, cost about £3,000.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Linslade Marriages 1575 to 1812
Linslade Marriages 1575 to 1812 Buckinghamshire parish registers, marriages. V. 3
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Mursley
- Poor Law Union: Leighton Buzzard
- Hundred: Cottesloe
- Province: Canterbury