Fingest is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.
Other places in the parish include: Lane End, Bolters End and Cadmore End.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Fingest
- Parish registers: 1607
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Lane End
- Parish registers: 1832
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1851
Cadmore End
- Parish registers: 1786
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1817
Lane End was historically on the borders of the parishes of Great Marlow, Hambleden, Fingest and West Wycombe, with a small part (Ackhampstead) belonging to the parish of Lewknor in Oxfordshire until 1895. In 1867 the ecclesiastical parish of Lane End was formed from the neighbouring parishes. The village continued to be divided between the four neighbouring civil parishes until 1934, when the parts within Great Marlow, Hambleden and West Wycombe civil parishes were transferred to Fingest (renamed Fingest and Lane End in 1937). In the 1980s the parish of Fingest and Lane End was abolished, and the civil parish of Lane End was formed.1
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Fingest
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FINGEST, a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; contiguous to Oxfordshire, 6½ miles W by S of Wycombe r. station. Post town, Ibstone, under Tetsworth. Acres, 1, 304. Real property, £1, 515. Pop., 352. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few.
The manor was anciently called Thinghurst, and belonged to St. Alban’s abbey. The bishops of Lincoln had a palace here; and Bishop Burghersh was buried here. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Ibstone, in. the diocese of Oxford. Value, £336. Patron, alternately the Bishop of Oxford and Merton College, Oxford. The church has a Norman tower and a circular font; and is good. Charities, £23.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Lane End
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LANE-END, a village in Great Marlow parish, and a chapelry partly also in Fingest, Hambleden, and West Wycombe parishes, Bucks. The village stands near the boundary with Oxfordshire, 3 miles SW of West Wycombe r. station, and 5 W by S of High Wycombe; and has a post-office under High Wycombe.
The chapelry was constituted in 1832. Pop., 1,162. Houses, 218. Pop. of the Hambleden portion, 114; of the Fingest portion, 210; of the Great Marlow portion, 463. Chair-making is largely carried on; and there are extensive agricultural implement works, an iron foundry, and a small pottery. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £106. Patron, the Rector of Hambleden. The church was built in 1832. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriages at Fingest 1607-1812
Marriages at Fingest 1607-1812 Buckinghamshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 6 Edited by Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, and Thomas Gurney. London: Issued to the Subscribers by Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 124 Chancery Lane. 1910.
Buckinghamshire parish registers. Marriages Vol. 6 Edited by Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913, and Thomas Gurney
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Buckinghamshire, Fingest – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Fingest, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Buckinghamshire, Fingest – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
1851 census of Fingest & Turville
Author: Buckinghamshire Family History Society
England, Buckinghamshire, Fingest – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Fingest, 1600-1821
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fingest (Buckinghamshire)
Marriages at Fingest, 1607-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fingest (Buckinghamshire)
Oxfordshire parish register transcripts : South Oxon Registration District
Author: Oxfordshire Family History Society
Parish register transcripts, 1607-1841
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fingest (Buckinghamshire); Brooks, J. W.
Parish registers for Fingest, 1607-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fingest (Buckinghamshire)
England, Buckinghamshire, Fingest – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Fingest, Bucks., Eng
Computer printout of Lane End, Bucks., 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 – Wycombe
- Poor Law Union: Wycombe
- Hundred: Desborough
- Province: Canterbury