Soulbury, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide
Soulbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Other places in the parish include: Hollingdon, Great Hollingdon, and Little Hollingdon.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1594
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Stoke Hammond
- Pottesgrove, Bedfordshire
- Drayton Parslow
- Little Brickhill
- Great Brickhill
- Stewkley
- Wing
- Linslade
- Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SOULBURY, a parish, with S. village and Hollingdon hamlet, in the district of Leighton-Buzzard and county of Buckingham; on the river Ouzel, the Grand Junction canal, and the Northwestern railway, 2¾ miles NW of Leighton-Junction r. station. It has a post-office under Leighton-Buzzard. Acres, 4,460. Real property, £6,269. Pop., 589. Houses, 124. Liscombe Park belongs to P.Lovett, Esq.; and Stockgrove, to Col Hanmer. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £116. Patron, P.Lovett, Esq. The church is decorated English, and was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £91 a year, and charities £40.
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
Soulbury, 6 m. E. Winslow. P. 615
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Registers
Marriages at Soulbury 1575-1812
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Buckinghamshire Historical Directories
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Leighton Buzzard
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Post-1844 – Mursley, Pre-1845 – None
- Poor Law Union: Leighton Buzzard
- Hundred: Cottesloe
- Province: Canterbury