Bledlow, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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Bledlow is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Bledlow Ridge.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1592
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1590

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

BLEDLOW, THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE
BLEDLOW, THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BLEDLOW, a village and a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks. The village stands in a romantic ravine, called the Glyde, on the verge of the county, adjacent to the Thame and Maidenhead railway, 2 miles SW of Princes Risborough; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Tring.

The parish includes also a liberty called Bledlow-Ridge. Acres, 4,130. Real property, £4,891. Pop., 1,189. Houses, 232. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £175. Patron, Lord Carrington. The church is early English; has interesting features, injured by white-wash; and stands on the brink of the ravine at the village.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Bledlow

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

England, Buckinghamshire, Bledlow – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
1851 census of Saunderton, Horsenden, Ilmer, Bledlow, Bledlow Ridge, Radnage
Author: Buckinghamshire Family History Society

England, Buckinghamshire, Bledlow – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bledlow, 1590-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bledlow (Buckinghamshire)

Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, England, marriages 1809-1839 : CRO ref. PR/17/1/1-3
Author: Watts, Sandra E. M.

Parish registers for Bledlow Ridge, 1868-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bledlow Ridge (Buckinghamshire)

Parish registers for Bledlow-Ridge, 1868-1883
Author: Church of England. Bledlow-Ridge Church (Buckinghamshire)

Transcripts of Bishop’s transcripts of Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, England, 1590-1838
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. Parish Church of Bledlow (Buckinghamshire)

England, Buckinghamshire, Bledlow – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Bledlow Ridge, Bucls., Eng

Bledlow Ridge

England, Buckinghamshire, Bledlow Ridge – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
1851 census of Saunderton, Horsenden, Ilmer, Bledlow, Bledlow Ridge, Radnage
Author: Buckinghamshire Family History Society

England, Buckinghamshire, Bledlow Ridge – Church records ( 1 )
Parish registers for Bledlow Ridge, 1868-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bledlow Ridge (Buckinghamshire)

England, Buckinghamshire, Bledlow Ridge – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Bledlow Ridge, Bucls., Eng

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

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