Simpson, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide
Simpson is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Alternative names: Sympson
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1719
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SIMPSON, or Sympson, a village and a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks. The village stands on the river Ouzeland the Grand Junction canal, 1½ mile N of Fenny-Stratford, and 2 NE of Bletchley r. station. The parish contains also part of Fenny-Stratford, which has a post-office under Bletchley Station. Acres, 1,330. Rated property, £3,360. Pop., 562. Houses, 124. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £330. Patron, Sir J. Hanmer, Bart. The church is plain. There are a Methodist chapel, and charities £70.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Newport Pagnell
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Newport
- Poor Law Union: Newport Pagnell
- Hundred: Newport
- Province: Canterbury