Mentmore, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

Mentmore is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Other places in the parish include: Ledburn.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1685

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist.

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THE CHURCH MENTMORE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 1907

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MENTMORE, a village and a parish in the district of Leighton-Buzzard and county of Buckingham. The village stands near the Northwestern railway, 1½ mile NNE of the boundary with Herts, 1¾ SW of the boundary with Beds, 1¾ NNW of Cheddington Junction r. station, and 4 SSW of Leighton-Buzzard; and has a postoffice under Leighton-Buzzard.

The parish contains also the hamlet of Ledburn, and comprises 1,240 acres. Real property, £2,498. Pop., 399. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. Mentmore Towers and much of the land belong to Baron de Rothschild. The Towers stands to the W of the village, commanding an extensive view of the vale of Aylesbury; is a splendid mansion in the Italian style, of Ancaster stone, after designs by Sir Joseph Paxton and G. H. Stokes; and contains a fine collection of Majolica ware. Baron de Rothschild’s stag hounds are kennelled here.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £200. Patron, Baron de Rothschild. The church is decorated and later English, in good condition. A Baptist chapel is at Ledburn; and the parish shares in Pratt’s charity.

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

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Mentmore, 2 miles W. Ivinghoe. P. 348

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Mentmore Parish Registers

Buckinghamshire Parish Registers Marriages V.1 contains Marriages at Mentmore 1575 to 1812, The Register of the Parish of Mentmore, co. Bucks, contains Mentmore Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from 1685 to 1829.