Aston Clinton St Leonard, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Aston Clinton St Leonard is a chapelry of Aston Clinton Ancient Parish in Buckinghamshire.

Alternative names: St Leonards, St Leonard

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1738
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1844

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Buckland
• Halton
• Wendover
• Aston Clinton
• Chesham

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LEONARD (ST.), a hamlet-chapelry in Aston-Clinton parish, Bucks; near the boundary with Herts, 3 miles ESE of Wendover, and 4¼ SW of Tring r. station. Posttown, Tring. Acres, 970. Real property, £977. Pop., 189. Houses, 35. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £170. Patrons, Trustees. The church is ancient and handsome; was once a chantry chapel to Missenden abbey; has been restored and beautified; and contains some interesting old armour and many monuments and tablets.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch Catalog

Census

1851 census of Weston Turville, St. Leonards, Halton, Aston Clinton, Cholesbury, Hawridge Author: Buckinghamshire Family History Society

Church Records

Parish registers for St. Leonard, 1738-1820 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of St. Leonard (Buckinghamshire)

Computer printout of St. Leonards, Bucks., Eng

History

Hilltop villages of the Chilterns : Cholesbury, Hawridge, St. Leonards, Buckland Common Author: Hay, David; Hay, Joan

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Buckinghamshire
• Civil Registration District: Aylesbury
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
• Diocese: Pre-1837 - Lincoln, Post-1836 - Oxford
• Rural Deanery: Wendover
• Poor Law Union: Aylesbury
• Hundred: Aylesbury
• Province: Canterbury