Mentmore, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide
Mentmore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Other places in the parish include: Ledburn.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1685
Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MENTMORE, a village and a parish in the district of Leighton-Buzzard and county of Buckingham. The village stands near the Northwestern railway, 1½ mile NNE of the boundary with Herts, 1¾ SW of the boundary with Beds, 1¾ NNW of Cheddington Junction r. station, and 4 SSW of Leighton-Buzzard; and has a postoffice under Leighton-Buzzard.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Ledburn, and comprises 1,240 acres. Real property, £2,498. Pop., 399. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. Mentmore Towers and much of the land belong to Baron de Rothschild. The Towers stands to the W of the village, commanding an extensive view of the vale of Aylesbury; is a splendid mansion in the Italian style, of Ancaster stone, after designs by Sir Joseph Paxton and G. H. Stokes; and contains a fine collection of Majolica ware. Baron de Rothschild’s stag hounds are kennelled here.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £200. Patron, Baron de Rothschild. The church is decorated and later English, in good condition. A Baptist chapel is at Ledburn; and the parish shares in Pratt’s charity.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Mentmore, 2 miles W. Ivinghoe. P. 348
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Mentmore Parish Registers
Buckinghamshire Parish Registers Marriages V.1 contains Marriages at Mentmore 1575 to 1812, The Register of the Parish of Mentmore, co. Bucks, contains Mentmore Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from 1685 to 1829.
Buckinghamshire Parish Registers Marriages V.1 8 MB 1 downloads
Buckinghamshire Parish Registers. Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, and F. W. Ragg, Vicar of Masworth. Vol. 1 London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co., 124 Chancery Lane, 1902. Contents: Cheddington 1552 to 1812, Cholesbury 1576 to 1812, Edlesborough 1562 to 1812, Hawridge 1600 to 1812, Marsworth 1591 to 1812, Mentmore 1575…
The Register of the Parish of Mentmore, co. Bucks, 1685-1829 6 MB 0 downloads
The Register of the Parish of Mentmore, co. Bucks, 1685-1829. Transcribed and Indexed by Mrs. C. H. Parez. Published Aylesbury 1909. Publisher: G. T. De Fraine, “Bucks Herald” Office, Walton Street Date of publication: 1909 …Parish Records
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Buckinghamshire Historical Directories
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire 1869 152.6 MB 3 downloads
Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire. Edited by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. London: Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 51, Great Queen Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields. W.C. 1869 Publisher: Kelly and Co Date of publication: 1869 …
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire 1854 104.9 MB 3 downloads
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire. London: Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., 19 and 20 Old Boswell Court, Temple Bar. 1854 Publisher: Kelly and Co. Date of publication: 1854 …
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire Oxfordshire with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire 1847 98.8 MB 2 downloads
Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire Oxfordshire with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire 1847. London: Printed and Published by W. Kelly and Co.,19 and 20 Old Boswell Court, Temple Bar. Publisher: Kelly & Co. Date of publication: 1847 …
Harrod & Co.’s Royal County Directory of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire 1876 55.4 MB 2 downloads
J. G. Harrod & Co.’s Royal County Directory of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire Price Eighteen Shillings. Royal County Directory Offices: Norwich. 1876 Publisher: J. G. Harrod & Co. Date of publication: 1876 …Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Post-1844 – Oxford, Pre-1845 – Lincoln
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Mursley
- Poor Law Union: Leighton Buzzard
- Hundred: Cottesloe
- Province: Canterbury