Bow Brickhill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1653
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRICKHILL (Bow),-a village and a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks. The village stands near Watling-street, the river Ouzel, the Grand Junction canal, and the Bletchley and Bedford railway, 2 miles E of Fenny Stratford station.
The parish comprises 1,380 acres; and its Post Town is Fenny-Stratford, under Bletchley station. Real property, £2,805. Pop., 546. Houses, 127. The property is divided among a few. The surface includes Bow-Brickhill eminence, 683 feet high; and is partly common. Some of the inhabitants are lace and straw-plait makers.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £370. Patron, Queen’s College, Cambridge. The church stands conspicuously on a steep eminence above the village. Charities, £32.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Maps
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Administration
- County: Buckinghamshire
- Civil Registration District: Newport Pagnell
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham
- Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Newport
- Poor Law Union: Newport Pagnell
- Hundred: Newport
- Province: Canterbury