Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide
Little Missenden is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Other places in the parish include: Brands Fee.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MISSENDEN (LITTLE), a village and a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks. The village stands on the rivulet Mise or Miss, 2½ miles NW of Amersham, and 5½ ENE of Wycombe r. station; and has a post-office under Amersham.
The parish comprises 3,173 acres. Real property, £2,604. Pop., 1,089. Houses, 239. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Earl Howe. Missenden House is the seat of J. O. Cuffe, Esq.; and the Abbey, of D. Potter, Esq. The Manor House is the residence of Mrs. Leventhorpe.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £280. Patron, Earl Howe. The church is plain, was repaired in 1853, and contains two brasses of the Stiles family.
There are two Baptist chapels, a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £32.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Little Missenden Marriages 1559 to 1812
Little Missenden Marriages 1559 to 1812 Buckinghamshire parish registers, marriages. V. 7
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Wycombe
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Wendover
- Poor Law Union: Wycombe
- Hundred: Aylesbury
- Province: Canterbury