To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions such as a county, town, or parish, go to locating online databases. Buckinghamshire has much to offer the visitor, including historic houses, stunning gardens such as those at cliveden and stowe, and historic attractions such as the chiltern open air museum and the hellfire caves. View an exciting programme of changing exhibitions and events throughout the year from the samurai warriors to the victorians. Aylesbury photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Buckinghamshire family history society home facebook. Welcome to our buckinghamshire family history research page. The bgs was founded in 1992 to assist members living outside the county with their bucks research, and to help those living within the county with all aspects of their family history. Find land, building plots and conversion and renovation opportunities in mursley, buckinghamshire, south east, england village. Amberley publishing provides a fresh approach to regional and general history. As we will see, its history is also far from unremarkable.
It appears that my great grandparents travelled from india to mauritius sometime in 1840s exact date unknown. The single group of people who probably had the greatest influence on buckinghamshire s history, however, are the anglosaxons. Buckinghamshire history genealogy familysearch wiki. Publications buckinghamshire family history society.
Historic photographs buckinghamshire county museum. In the domesday book of 1086 the village was recorded as muselai. This page sets out many of the resources you can seek out, plus links to relevant video clips. If you are looking for a specific book which we do not have in stock, then please get in touch and well let you know just as soon as it comes in. It is now administered by nutfield parish council and tandridge district council. Are you interested in the local history of buckinghamshire. It falls into two quite distinct and separate halves. Buckinghamshire family history society the buckinghamshire family history society was formed in 1976 and currently has over 1600 members. The collection is also rich in material connected with domestic and personal life, from building features, furnishings, toys and pastimes to clocks and pocket. Chilton house, which stands to the east of the church, is a rectangular building of red brick with stone dressings, three stories in height, with an attic. Buckinghamshire, england genealogy genealogy familysearch. There are a number of local history books on buckinghamshire as a whole and on towns, villages and parishes more specifically. Our collections include records from a range of organisations.
I have identified three children, thomas born lower winchendon 1781, ann born cuddington 1783 and elizabeth born cuddington 1787 but i am convinced there were others and i am hoping there is someone out there who may have researched this family and can help me with the identities. Buckinghamshire family historygenealogical societies centre for buckinghamshire studies. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mursley, buckinghamshire historical description the village stands 1. Records of buckinghamshire, or, papers and notes on the history, antiquities. Forget dublin, london, stratford on avon and all the other literary centres of the universe buckinghamshire was the place to be for any serious writer. For topographical and historical information on all towns and parishes in the county, see. The buckinghamshire village book the villages of britain.
Wind, water and steam is a survey of the industrial milling heritage of hertfordshire, covering primarily the 19th and 20th centuries. The following is a list of books relating to buckinghamshire and its history. The society has a rolling programme to make earlier volumes of of our annual journal, records of buckinghamshire available online through this website, where articles can be read onscreen or can be downloaded and printed on your own printer. Also includes some areas now in berkshire, including eton and slough. Greenwood family joseph greenwood born cuddington bucks 1753 married frances sirett at lower winchendon bucks 1779. The buckinghamshire section of the victoria history of the counties of england, in four volumes, is online and provides an extensive history of the county, parish by parish, up to the end of the 19th century. The charity is independent and responsible for its own governance and income generation. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your buckinghamshire ancestors. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. We recently celebrated our 125 th anniversary and looked back on.
For statistics about great linford itself, go to units and statistics. Recommended reading for every destination on earth. Since our office and factory are in a rural area, our staff travel to work individually by car and we have enough space to maintain social distancing, so in consultation with our staff, we have decided to remain open for business unless government policy changes. He arrived in melbourne via abburton which sailed from cork arriving in australia on 22nd september 1844. Marston gate station after the passenger service finished. Great woolstone, buckinghamshire genealogy heraldry and history. Part of the chalk, cherries and chairs community social history project aiming to connect. Welcome to the website of the nutfield history group. The buckinghamshire historical association is the local voice for history for everyone in buckinghamshire interested in the study or teaching of history. Online buckinghamshire uk genealogy resources including birth and baptism records, marriage records, death and burial records, census records, tax records, church records, letters, society and library collections for buckinghamshire uk and more. Waterperry manor, oxfordshire, england genealogy project. Buckinghamshire archaeological society online records of bucks. Guide to buckingham, buckinghamshire family history and genealogy. From offering evening classes to the local community, to teaching soldiers skills to help them find employment after the first world war, bucks has been many things to many people.
Today it is a hub of activities including an annual flower festival, regular bucks art week shows and a popup cinema, in addition to regular church services. Formed in 2000, the objective of the bucks local history network is to link together the various local societies within the historic county of buckinghamshire. Parishes are arranged in their original hundreds, a fairly archaic scheme of dividing counties into reasonably sized sections. Crawley, north, a village and a parish in bucks, adjoining the boundary with beds, 3.
History of buckinghamshire map and description for the county. Search the uks land and renovation finding service. A history of buckinghamshire darwen county history series michael reed on. The buckinghamshire family history society is a family history society in england. The holy trinity parish church the church of the holy trinity, a small building of stone, in the tudor style, rebuilt in 1839, consisting of chancel and nave and a bellcote containing one bell. Our collections cover todays buckinghamshire, as well as those areas of the county that are now in berkshire and milton keynes. Includes the boroughs of amersham, buckingham and high wycombe. At the centre for buckinghamshire studies, county hall, aylesbury. Buckinghamshire was completed in four volumes between 1905 and 1927, with an index volume published in 1928. Buckinghamshire, uk online genealogy records ongenealogy.
Parish records parish registers were instigated by thomas cromwell from 1538 in the reign of henry viii, recording every wedding, baptism and burial. In the domesday book of 1086 the village was recorded as muselai the village was at one time a more important place. A wide range of local history books, some for loan. This is the facebook page for the buckinghamshire family history society, a charity registered in england and wales. To help slow the spread of covid19, the centre for buckinghamshire studies. Buckinghamshire but you should check this covers the area you are interested in. They have many resources for members and accept research requests for a fee. There are approximately 30,000 historic photographs in our collection. The toponym is derived from the old english for homestead on a stream. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of great linford, in milton keynes and buckinghamshire map and description, a vision of britain through time. Its history then becomes obscure, but it may be identical with the property known as loughton manor held at the end of the 15th century by william saunderson, who died without issue, and whose brother and heir john brought actions against john broughton and john edy, the feoffees.
The societys baptisms database was started in 1999. History of nottingham, deerfield, and northwood, comprised. It is located about three miles east of winslow and four miles south west of fenny stratford the village name is anglo saxon in origin, and means myrsas woodland. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. He married elizabeth ann hodge in melbourne on 1st march 1853. Browse, borrow, and enjoy titles from the buckinghamshire council digital. There are places of worship for the society of friends, independents, and wesleyans, and one for particular.
The societys library, housed in the county museum on church street, aylesbury, contains a comprehensive collection of books and pamphlets on buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire family history society ongenealogy. Also a calendar of events and local history books for sale online. Buy the buckinghamshire village book the villages of britain series by buckinghamshire federation of womens institutes isbn. Welcome to anyone researching their ancestors in buckinghamshire.
Buckinghamshire, england online genealogy records this chart shows links to countrywide collections. Big library read connects readers around the world with the same book at the. Originally published by victoria county history, london, 1905. Guide to buckinghamshire ancestry, family history and genealogy. North crawley, buckinghamshire genealogy heraldry and history. Mursley, buckinghamshire genealogy heraldry and history. We have already recorded most of them over 877,000. The village name is anglo saxon in origin, and means myrsas woodland.
The draughtsman has drawn individual trees in avenues at hampden, and noted the location of the old london road at fawley, to the extreme left. Buckinghamshire mind the history of buckinghamshire mind. The new larned history for ready reference, reading and research. Volume i included prehistory, anglosaxon archaeology, the domesday book, ecclesiastical history, and religious houses and an essay on the agriculture of the county. This pioneering, generously illustrated book, brings together seven authors with special knowledge of early buckinghamshire who build an uptodate picture of the intriguing past of this historic county.
Historic views of buckinghamshire buckinghamshire archaeological society on. The society has over 1700 members and caters for both those with bucks ancestry who may live at a distance and for. A history of the county of buckingham british history online. The buckinghamshire family history society was formed in 1976 to encourage and promote the study of family history in the county both the current county and the pre1974 county.
Mursley photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The historic parish of nutfield has long been a farming community, with its lords of the manor, ulwi in 1066 to f j nightingale in 1932. The eventual objective is to record all baptisms from the parish registers of buckinghamshire up to 1901. We currently have 14 books in this category in stock. History of nottingham, deerfield, and northwood, comprised within the original limits of nottingham, rockingham county, n. Our digitised photos can be searched from the collections search page.
A partvolume covering the religious houses of the county. Buckinghamshire history to search the collections click here. Search united kingdom england buckinghamshire buckinghamshire. History book club is a registered trademark of bookspan. Land for sale in mursley, buckinghamshire, south east. Mursley is a small village in and also a civil parish within aylesbury vale district buckinghamshire, england. Buckinghamshire, england genealogy search surname, census. Thank you for your continued support in these difficult times. Ne of bletchley, with a post office under newportpagnell. It is located about three miles east of winslow and four miles south west of fenny stratford. The society holds regular meetings and events which are open to anyone.
Although it has been out some time we would like to draw you attention to the dell index of buckinghamshire apprentices the cd puts together the work of alan dell over many years collecting together the details of about 7800 apprentices from bucks covering the period 14491900. Gb historical gis university of portsmouth, history of buckinghamshire map and description for the county, a vision of britain through time. Could you help me by letting me know how many trips it did to mauritius and the dates. This is a well produced book describing the first purpose built branch line, opening in 1839 to connect with the london to birmingham railway, which opened in 1837. We have an excellent website which is in the course of being redesigned, and an increasingly active group on facebook. The bucks history collection contains objects, photographs and ephemera relating to buckinghamshire people and places from tudor times up to the present day. Buckinghamshire archaeological society bucks local history. Local history online for books, news, resources, information, courses and local history contacts. This list represents only a selection of books on the county, however it does include most of the major works. The property was later held as 2 knights fees and the overlordship descended with that of the other doilly estates to the earls of warwick in the th century, to thomas chaucer, and then to his daughter alice, duchess of suffolk, in the 15th. An illustrated history of early buckinghamshire covers from the ice age to the tudors.
The single group of people who probably had the greatest influence on buckinghamshires history, however, are the anglosaxons. These include 12,700 prints of buckinghamshire subjects and places, all of which have been digitised. Oct 22, 2019 you could be forgiven for thinking that this building is stuck in an unremarkable past, but you would be wrong. History of buckinghamshire map and description for the. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Both of these enable members and visitors to share research interests, seek advice and help and explore the records and other sources of information in buckinghamshire.
The history and antiquities of the county of buckingham, volume 1 george lipscomb full view 1847. Though it was practically rebuilt in 1740, remains of the house erected here in the 16th century survive in the north and south fronts and the cellars. This place is situated in buckinghamshire county, south east, england, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 51 56 0 north, 0 49 0 west and its original name with diacritics is mursley. Buckinghamshire family history society marriage database. The domesday book of 1086 records the toponym as witehunge. Not only did they give most of the places within the county their names, but the modern layout of the county is largely as it was in the anglosaxon period. There are gaps in the records for a variety of reasons, such as the civil war, but these records are a prime source for building family trees. Whether you are a student, historian, teacher or an avid reader of history books you are welcome to join the bha. Their site lists every parish in buckinghamshire and includes some or all of the following for each parish. You are viewing all stock in the buckinghamshire category. Today buckinghamshire is popular with commuters due to its proximity to london. Mawby family, loughton, buckinghamshire christopher woodward mawby was christened in loughton on 16th november 1828.
Each year members of various societies and others interested in the history of the county gather at the blhn annual conference and fair. Buckinghamshire is one of the smaller english counties, yet one of the most varied, attractive and interesting historically. Copy purchased at the bucks county museum, aylesbury. Situated in aylesburys quaint old town is the buckinghamshire county museum where a visit will unveil the countys rich cultural heritage. The remainder of the photographic collection is in the form of glass plate negatives, lantern slides and albums. Complete your family history by finding web sites with online data so that you can answer the question. Covers the three hundreds of chiltern in the south of the county, and cottesloe in the east. Welcome to the buckinghamshire genealogical societys home page. Buckinghamshire family history society marriage database adstock st cecilia 15391912 1jan1832 richard x cross, bachelor of this parish ann x philips of. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. In addition to the major works you can access from the lefthand column, warren skidmore and others produced the following. A history of buckinghamshire darwen county history series. The toll roads of buckinghamshire hertfordshire genealogy.
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