Horton, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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Horton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Colnbrook.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1571
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORTON, a village and a chapelry in Eton district, Bucks. The village stands on the river Colne, at the boundary with Middlesex, 1 mile N of Wraysbury r. station, and 3 ½ ESE of Eton; is a rural place, embosomed in wood; and has fairs on Easter-Monday and Whit-Monday.

The parish includes part of Colnbrook chapelry, which has a post-office under Slough. Acres, 1, 610. Real property, £4, 728. Pop., 810. Houses, 166. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to T. P. Williams, Esq. The poet Milton resided here from his 24th till 30th year, and wrote here his “Comus,” his “Lycidas,” his “Arcades,” his “Sonnet to the Nightingale,” and probably also his “Allegro” and “Penseroso.”

A portion of his house stood till about 1770, and was known as the poet’s house; and is said to have been on or near the site of a recently erected mansion, near the church. An outhouse of his residence stood till even about 1810; and the remnant of an appletree belonging to it stood till within the last few years.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £380. Patron, T. P. Williams, Esq. The church has a Norman arch; is partly covered with ivy; and contains, under the chancel, the grave of Milton’s mother. Charities, £420.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Buckinghamshire, Horton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
A selection of monumental inscriptions from East Berkshire and beyond
Author: Martin, Monica

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

England, Buckinghamshire, Horton – Census – 1851 ( 1 )
1851 census of Horton, Wraysbury, Datchet & Ditton
Author: Buckinghamshire Family History Society

England, Buckinghamshire, Horton – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Horton, 1600-1843
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Horton (Buckinghamshire)

England, Buckinghamshire, Horton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of Colnbrook, Buckingham, England ; christenings, 1760-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Colnbrook, Buckingham, England ; marriages, 1852-1877
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Buckinghamshire, Horton – History ( 3 )
History of the parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke priory, and Magna Charta island : with the history of Horton, and the town of Colnbrook Bucks
Author: Gyll, Gordon Willoughby James

Records of Buckinghamshire, or, Papers and notes on the history, antiquities, and architecture of the country – v. 44-46 (2004-2006) – v. 46 (2006)

A short history of Horton parish, Bucks
Author: Rouse, E. Clive

England, Buckinghamshire, Horton – Voting registers ( 1 )
Registers of electors for South Buckinghamshire, 1958-1965
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Buckinghamshire)

Maps

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

Administration

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