Dunton, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Dunton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1577
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Whitchurch
Mursley
Stewkley
Swanbourne
Hoggeston

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DUNTON, a parish in Winslow district, Bucks; near the source of the river Thame, 4 miles SE by S of Winslow town and r. station. Post town, Winslow. Acres, 1,550. Real property, £2,076. Pop., 106. Houses, 21. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £270. Patron, A. Smith, Esq. The church is good.

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

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Dunton, a parish in the hund. of Cottesloe, union of Winslow, county of Bucks; 4 miles south east by east of Winslow. Living, a rectory in the archd. of Buckingham and dio. of Lincoln; rated at £9 9s. 7d.; gross income £222. Patron, in 1835, Earl Spencer. Here is a Sunday and daily National school. Acres 1.550. Houses 19. A.P. £1,660. Pop., in 1801, 85; in 1831, 116. Poor rates, in 1837, £84.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.