Worminghall, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Worminghall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Alternative names: Wormenhall

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1538
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Ickford
• Waterperry, Oxfordshire
• Stanton St John, Oxfordshire
• Oakley
• Waterstock, Oxfordshire
• Shabbington

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WORMINGHALL, a parish, with a village, in the district of Thame and county of Buckingham; 4½ miles WNW of Thame r. station. Post town, Thame. Acres, 1,469. Real property, £1,964. Pop., 354. Houses, 76. The manor belongs to Viscount Clifden. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £148. Patron, Viscount Clifden. The church is good. There are a parochial school, alms houses with £81 a year, and other charities £19. Bishops John King and Henry King, and the theologians John King and Philip King were natives.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Buckinghamshire, Worminghall – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Worminghall, 1575-1842
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Worminghall (Buckinghamshire)

Parish registers for Worminghall, 1538-1968
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Worminghall (Buckinghamshire)

Administration

• County: Buckinghamshire
• Civil Registration District: Thame
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
• Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Waddesdon
• Poor Law Union: Thame
• Hundred: Ashendon
• Province: Canterbury