Wing, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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Wing is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Wingberry, Littleworth, Ascott, Burcott, and Crafton.

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin: 1546

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WING, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Leighton-Buzzard district, Bucks. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Leighton-Buzzard r. station, and has a post-office under Leighton-Buzzard.

The parish includes 4 hamlets, and comprises 5,310 acres. Real property, £9,331. Pop. in 1851, 1,376; in 1861, 1,504. Houses, 306. The property is subdivided. W. park belonged to the Dormers, passed to the Earl of Chesterfield, and was bought by Lord Overstone; but the mansion of it has been taken down.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £400. Patron, Lord Overstone. The church is of different periods, from Saxon or early Norman onwards; and was restored in 1850. An alien priory was at Ascott.

There are parochial schools, alms houses for 8 persons, and other charities £18.

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

Wing, 4 m. N.W. Ivinghoe. P. 1274

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Parish Registers

Wing Marriages 1546 to 1812

Wing Marriages 1546 to 1812 Buckinghamshire parish registers, marriages. V. 3

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of MarriageNotes
John Dickfield, p. Wing, & Joyce Unite, lic. 21 Aug. 1682Fenny ComptonUse with caution. Register transcription does not give county so this may be the wrong parish.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Buckinghamshire, Wing – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wing, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Buckinghamshire, Wing – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wing, 1600-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wing (Buckinghamshire)

Marriages in Wing, 1546-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wing (Buckinghamshire)

Parish registers for Wing, 1546-1956
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wing (Buckinghamshire)

The register of the parish of Wing, Buckinghamshire, 1546-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wing (Buckinghamshire); Woodman, A. Vere

England, Buckinghamshire, Wing – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wing, Buckinghamshire, England

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