Ilmer, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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Ilmer is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Alternative names: Illmer, Illmire, Ilmire

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1660
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1575

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ILLMIRE, or ILMER, a parish in Wycombe district, Bucks; near Icknield street and the boundary with Oxford, 2½ miles NW of Princes-Risborough r. station. Post town, Princes-Risborough, under Tring. Acres, 674. Real property, £1, 230. Pop., 79. Houses, 16. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Chesterfield. Illmire House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Horsendon, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is early perpendicular, and was recently restored.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ILLMIRE (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wycombe, hundred of Ashendon, county of Buckingham, 4½ miles (E. by S.) from Thame; containing 79 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £6. 10. 8.; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Chesterfield. The great tithes have been commuted for £71. 10., and the vicarial for £104. 4., and the glebe comprises nearly 2 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Buckinghamshire, Ilmer

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

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

England, Buckinghamshire, Illmire – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Illmire, 1575-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Illmire (Buckinghamshire)

Ilmer marriages, 1679-1811 (+ one for 1865)
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Illmire (Buckinghamshire)

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 – Waddesdon
  • Poor Law Union: Wycombe
  • Hundred: Ashendon
  • Province: Canterbury